solicitous

英 [səˈlɪsɪtəs]

美 [səˈlɪsɪtəs]

adj.  操心的; 关怀的; 关切的

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BNC.23024 / COCA.21592

牛津词典

adj.

• 操心的；关怀的；关切的
  being very concerned for sb and wanting to make sure that they are comfortable, well or happy

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 关怀的;关切的;挂念的
  A person who issolicitousshows anxious concern for someone or something.
  1. He was so solicitous of his guests.
     他对他的客人们非常关切。

英英释义

adj

• showing hovering attentiveness
  1. solicitous about her health
  2. made solicitous inquiries about our family
• full of anxiety and concern
  1. solicitous parents
  2. solicitous about the future

双语例句

• Does it hurt, sir? His voice was flatly solicitous.
  打痛了吗，首长？他的口气似乎很关心，却毫无热情可言。
• Mr Cameron is said to be calm and courteous solicitous of staff. He wears his authority lightly and does not fret about taking decisions.
  据说卡梅伦为人沉静、彬彬有礼对下属十分关照。对于自己的权威，他举重若轻，做决定时也不会感到焦躁不安。
• You would have had them back long after shrugging them off for ever: strong but submissive, insensitive, while abrasively solicitous.
  在永远挣脱了那双手的许多年之后，你又希望能得到它们：一双有力而柔顺，感觉迟钝却十分善于体贴的手。
• He had secretly become more and more solicitous from day to day, as the time of his departure drew more near, that all the house should like him.
  随着他离别的时间愈来愈近，他心中暗暗地日益渴望屋子里所有的人都喜欢他。
• He enquired after my mother, most solicitous of her health.
  他询问我母亲的情况，特别关心她的健康。
• The restaurant is noted for its solicitous service.
  这家餐厅以它的周到服务而出名。
• He made a solicitous enquiry after her health.
  他对她的健康状况作了非常关心的询问。
• I was still by nature solicitous to be neat.
  我却天生酷爱清洁。
• Our hero was very solicitous about his descendants.
  我们的主人公是非常关心他的子孙后代的。
• She is so solicitous and persistent that she virtually kills you with kindness.
  她非常关心而固执，以致她的善意实际上反而使人感到尴尬。