③
渴望,热望
相关 名词理据由「焦虑」的急切不安投射为「急切想要」——心被某事占据到不安,因所盼未得。
例句
Her anxiety to please is obvious.她急于讨好人的心情显而易见;承本义「焦虑」——急切的不安转为「急切的渴望」(相关·情感)。He studied hard in his anxiety to pass.他一心想通过(考试)而刻苦学习;同此——心被所盼占满。
溯源路径本义 → 义项3