fretted

英 [ˈfretɪd]

美 [ˈfretɪd]

adj. 回纹饰的
v. 苦恼; 烦躁; 焦虑不安
fret的过去分词和过去式

过去式：fretted　

BNC.40622

牛津词典

adj.

VERB 苦恼;烦恼;发愁
If youfretabout something, you worry about it.
1. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems...
  我一刻不闲地工作，总是为别人的事操心。
2. But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more...
  但是国会工作人员担心这项计划最终会多耗资数十亿元。
3. Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake.
  不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。
(吉他等弦乐器琴颈处的)品
Thefretson a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck.

adj

having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
Synonym:interlacedlatticedlatticelike
having frets

I drank soda-water and smoked and fretted.
我喝汽水，抽烟，烦躁不安。
He fretted away his life.
他在烦恼中消磨了一生。
Guitars and lutes are fretted musical instruments.
吉他和诗琴都是装有品的乐器。
Investors fretted that the recent, rapid appreciation of the yen could harm Japan's export-dependent economy.
投资者担心近期日圆的大幅升值可能损害高度依赖出口的日本经济。
The horse fretted the strap till it broke.
马磨损皮带直到它断掉。
For eight more days Don Quixote worried and fretted over this problem.
堂吉诃德为这个问题焦躁不安，就这样又延迟了八天多的时间。
By 2007, New York fretted at being overtaken by London as a global centre.
到2007年，纽约已开始担心其全球金融中心的地位会被伦敦取代。
It was an ominous sign, and Lah fretted that the will of the gods had turned against him.
那是一个不祥的征兆。拉担心神的意志不再偏向于他。
"Whatever can have happened?" she fretted.
到底可能会发生什么事呢？她很是担忧。
I fretted and took to arguing with myself whether or not I would talk openly with Kurtz.
我异常恼火，并在心下暗自嘀咕，好不好公开地和库尔茨谈一谈。