You are fretting yourself needlessly. 你是在不必要地折磨自己。
Babies often fret (themselves) when their mothers are not near. 婴儿常常因母亲不在身边而哭闹.
Fretting about it won't help. 发愁於事无补.
fret fretted, fretting
[ noun ]
agitation resulting from active worry
<noun.state> don't get in a stew he's in a sweat about exams
a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
<noun.attribute>
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
<noun.artifact> there was a simple fret at the top of the walls
a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fretted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fretting}.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten, OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr["a]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See {For}, and {Eat}, v. t.] 1. To devour. [Obs.]
The sow frete the child right in the cradle. --Chaucer.
2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship.
With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson.
3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak.
4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.
5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps. xxxvii. 1.
Fret \Fret\, n. 1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. --Addison.
2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.
Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. --Pope.
3. Herpes; tetter. --Dunglison.
4. pl. (Mining) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.
Fret \Fret\, v. t. [OE. fretten to adorn, AS. fr[ae]twan, fr[ae]twian; akin to OS. fratah[=o]n, cf. Goth. us-fratwjan to make wise, also AS. fr[ae]twe ornaments, OS. fratah[=i] adornment.] To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
Whose skirt with gold was fretted all about. --Spenser.
Yon gray lines, That fret the clouds, are messengers of day. --Shak.
Fret \Fret\, v. i. 1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.
2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. --Wiseman.
3. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.
4. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden.
Fret \Fret\, n. 1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See {Fretwork}.
2. (Arch.) An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at oblique angles, as often in Oriental art.
His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret, ceiling, and chimney-piece with . . . carving. --Evelyn.
3. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.
A fret of gold she had next her hair. --Chaucer.
{Fret saw}, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a compass saw.
Fret \Fret\, n. [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret to rub.] 1. (Her.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
2. (Mus.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
Fret \Fret\, v. t. To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
Those thousands include farmers, who will be relieved of paying the federal tax on diesel fuel used for off-road purposes and will no longer have to fret with the paperwork caused by the "heifer tax" on livestock.
For once, U.S. bankers needn't fret.
Some analysts fret about its move to broaden its base out of apparel sales and manufacturing into retailing, with its own stores.
But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more.
U.S. researchers now fret that China, which will soon commission a new accelerator, will win the glueball race.
Fearing a future with many arms programs to work on but stingy returns, contractors fret that they may be entering an era of "profitless prosperity."
"People come to see me, and they fret and shift back and forth in the chair next to my desk, and sometimes we have to work out new payments," she says.
Some Europeans fret that the U.S. not only will seal an accord on intermediate-range missiles but also will agree to the 50% cut in intercontinental warheads discussed in last year's Reykjavik talks between Mr. Gorbachev and President Reagan.
Or nematodes, ticks, weevils and sundry other kinds of critters that make farmers, ranchers and home gardeners fret.
Already, scientists fret that the next administration won't be able to pay for the big science projects now under way, including a $30 billion space station, a $50 billion strategic defense initiative and a $3 billion plan to map human genes.
Even losses from Do It All are coming down and will be largely swept under the carpet this year. The pessimists can still fret about the growth prospects for the WH Smith chain.
The stories circulating around Kingfisher refused to die down yesterday as the market continued to fret over the potential impact of an acute stock overhang.
No, what makes these folks unreal is the fact that they never fret or bicker about other scarce resources, such as time and energy.
The British take obvious pride in the spread of English across the globe, but fret that the language of Shakespeare, Milton and Barbara Cartland has been hijacked by Americans.
"It reflects a lack of confidence on my part that we'll be a majority party in the House any time soon." We do not fret that some spilled wine may Deface the surface of the Steinway.
"My phones are ringing day and night, as companies fret that Panama may confiscate their assets and bank deposits," says Barry Spitz, a Monte Carlo lawyer whose specialty is international taxes.
A Washington vogue this year is to fret about the decline, or at least "relative decline," of America.
Worse still, they fret about the possibility that new disclosures could emerge during the autumn campaign, especially as the general election map leaves the Democrats with no margin for error.
In the broader stock market, traders and analysts continued to fret over the dollar's recent decline.
Business officials say they support the law in concept, though they fret that delays in getting state approval, combined with New Jersey's other tough regulations, are discouraging businesses from operating in the state.
Both sides also fret about the future.
And many analysts fret that the aggressive growth has left the company financially overextended and particularly vulnerable to the current economic downturn.
GE's bidding war with Whirlpool for its $507.6 million acquisition of appliance maker Roper makes some fret that it will overpay for its next purchase.
Government bond prices rose around 1/2 point, or $5 per $1,000 of face amount, as investors began to fret about the market impact of the heavy new government borrowing expected to be announced next week.
They also fret about the damage a firm's collapse could do to an uncertain stock market.
Yesterday's economic figures give no obvious reason to worry. Second-quarter growth was higher than anticipated, but exports led the way. The currency markets can hardly fret about the balance of payments.
Analysts also fret that the company continues to produce negative cash flow.
Today, some at the Federal Aviation Administration, the controllers' employer, fret that re-unionization could mean a return to the days of rage and confrontation.
No need to fret that your favorite TV series is getting shorter, though.
If you are among the 17,000 readers who applied for Pounds 10 tickets for a night at Covent Garden in the FT's promotion last autumn - do not fret if you still await the call.