1. 表示“担心的”、“焦虑的”这一意义时,只能用 anxious,不用 eager;表示“为……担心”,一般后接介词 about, for。如:
We’re anxious about [for] 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。
2. 表示“热切的”、“渴望的”这一意义时,两者都可用,但有以下几点需注意:
(1) anxious 之后一般用介词 for,而 eager 之后可接介词 for, after, about 等。
(2) 两者之后均可接“(for sb)+不定式”,表示“渴望或想要(某人)做某事”。
(3) 两者之后均可接 that 从句,且从句谓语一般都用“should+动词原形”这样的虚拟语气。
anxious:
1、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。
2、Everyone is anxious to know the result.
每个人都急于想知道结果。
3、I'm anxious for everything to be settled.
我急于把一切都安顿下来。
eager:
1. 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。"
2. 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。