anxious和eager的区别在于anxious通常描述的是对某事非常急切地渴望或担心,而eager则表示对即将发生的事情或想做的事情感到热切和兴奋,带有迫不及待的意味。
当表达“担心的”、“焦虑的”含义时,只能使用anxious,通常后接介词about或for,如:“We’re anxious about her health.”(我们担心她的健康);“He was anxious for his family, who were travelling abroad.”(他担心在国外旅行的家人)。
表示“热切的”、“渴望的”含义时,anxious和eager都可以用,但有以下几点需注意:anxious之后一般用介词for,而eager之后可接介词for、after、about等;两者之后均可接“(for sb)+不定式”,表达“渴望或想要(某人)做某事”;两者之后均可接that从句,且从句谓语通常使用“should+动词原形”的虚拟语气。
anxious的双语例句包括:“That cannot be good news for Ms Pelosi and her anxious colleagues in the House.”(对于佩洛西女士和她焦急的同僚而言,这可不是什么好消息);“Everyone is anxious to know the result.”(每个人都急于想知道结果);“I'm anxious for everything to be settled.”(我急于把一切都安顿下来)。
eager的双语例句包括:“But parents are also eager to give their children every advantage.”(但是家长又急于让孩子们拥有每一种优势);“When I went to senior middle school, I was eager to continue studying English; however, my experience in senior school was very different from before.”(到了高中后,我渴望继续学习英语,然而高中时的经历与以前大不相同)。