fraught
adjective /frɔːt/
/frɔːt/
- fraught with something filled with something unpleasant
充满(不愉快事物)的 - a situation fraught with danger/difficulty/problems
充满危险/困难重重/问题成堆的局面
- a situation fraught with danger/difficulty/problems
- (especially British English) causing or feeling worry and stress
synonym tense焦虑的;忧虑的;担心的 - She looked/sounded fraught.
她愁容满面;她的话音显出忧虑。 - There was a fraught silence.
有一阵令人焦虑的沉默。 - The atmosphere remained fraught.
气氛仍然令人担忧。 - Things are as fraught as ever in the office.
办公室的情况和往常一样令人担心。
- She looked/sounded fraught.
词源late Middle English, ‘laden, equipped’, past participle of obsolete fraught ‘load with cargo’, from Middle Dutch vrachten, from vracht ‘ship's cargo’. Compare with freight.