1944, from German Angst "neurotic fear, anxiety, guilt, remorse," from Old High German angust, from the root of anger. George Eliot used it (in German) in 1849, and it was popularized in English by translation of Freud's work, but as a foreign word until 1940s. Old English had a cognate word, angsumnes "anxiety," but it died out.
雙語例句
1. Many kids suffer from acne and angst.
許多年輕人都會受到青春痘和焦慮的困擾。
來自柯林斯例句
2. songs full of teenage angst
充滿青少年焦慮的歌曲
來自《權威詞典》
3. The sense of not being wanted can set up an angst.
被擯棄的感覺會使人痛苦.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. "What if there's nothing left at all?" he cries, lost in some intense existential angst.
“要是什么都不會留下呢？”他叫喊道，陷入了對自身存在的深度焦慮。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Now that AIfons has taught me that my angst is the price I have to pay.