“Worry” と “Be Worried” の違いは?

DiaryPal November 18, 2014 Questions Answered

‘Worry about ~’ とは、ある人/事について、これと言った理由もなく常に、時には何年越しにも心配していることを表します。

他方、 ‘are worried about ~’ と受け身の形を使う場合、ある人/事を、何か特別な事が生じたがゆえに、たった今、心配していることになります。

比べてみよう

I worry about my brother. He is always getting into trouble.

I‘m worried about my brother. He went for a walk yesterday and never came back.

何が違うでしょう？

I am an anxious person. I’m worried a lot about many things.

I worry about Max because he was taken away by the police this morning.

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Problems

Very different or opposite to intended meaning! E.g. 'I want to saw you every day.' ( = あなたを毎日、のこぎりで真っ二つにしたい。)
Problem with spelling or capitalisation, e.g. 'Munday, tuesday'
Problem with punctuation, e.g. 'I like, apples pears and bananas.'
Wrong word order, e.g. 'I you love.' > 'I love you.'
Missing word(s), e.g. 'This flower _ beautiful.'
Extra word(s), e.g. 'An elderly old man'
Right word but wrong form, e.g. 'I loving you.' > 'I love you.'
Wrong word(s) (different meaning), e.g. 'Humans have 10 fingers on their feet' ('fingers' > 'toes')
Word doesn't fit with other word(s), e.g. 'on June' > 'in June'
This word not in the dictionary! E.g. 'speaked'
Problem with time, e.g. 'I remembered it tomorrow.'
Problem with number, e.g. 'one friends'
Meaning not clear: teacher is guessing, e.g. 'Go because elephant.' (? 'Get out of the way because an elephant is coming.')
Teacher cannot guess meaning, e.g. 'Happily because now elephant.'

Improvement

There is a word or phrase that more exactly says what you wanted to say. E.g. 'My best friend has died. I'm not happy.' > 'My best friend has died. I'm devastated.' (Similar to .)
There is a word/phrase that fits better in this phrase/sentence. (Similar to .)
There is a clearer or much simpler way to say this. E.g. 'It is less difficult in my thinking than it was in the previous cases.' > 'It's easier for me now.'
There is a more natural way to say this. E.g. 'I have painfulness of the tooth.' > 'I have a toothache.'
There is a more natural way to say this in modern English. E.g. 'I do love thee.' > 'I love you.'
There is a more conversational way to say this. E.g. 'My physical condition has greatly improved.' > 'I'm much better now.'

Very different or opposite to intended meaning! E.g. 'I want to saw you every day.' ( = ’あなたを毎日、のこぎりで真っ二つにしたい。)
Problem with spelling or capitalisation, e.g. 'Munday, tuesday'
Problem with punctuation or spacing, e.g. 'I like, apples. pears andbananas.'
Wrong word order, e.g. 'I you love.' > 'I love you.'
Missing word(s), e.g. 'This flower _ beautiful.'
Extra word(s), e.g. 'An elderly old man'
Right word but wrong form, e.g. 'I loving you.' > 'I love you.'
Wrong word(s) (different meaning), e.g. 'Humans have 10 fingers on their feet' ('fingers' > 'toes')
Word doesn't fit with other word(s), e.g. 'on June' > 'in June'
This word not in the dictionary! E.g. 'speaked'
Problem with time, e.g. 'I remembered it tomorrow.'
Problem with number, e.g. 'one friends'
Meaning not clear: teacher is guessing, e.g. 'Go because elephant.' (? 'Get out of the way because an elephant is coming.')
Teacher cannot guess meaning, e.g. 'Happily because now elephant.'

There is a word or phrase that more exactly says what you wanted to say. E.g. 'My best friend has died. I'm not happy.' > 'My best friend has died. I'm devastated.' (Similar to .)
There is a word/phrase that fits better in this phrase/sentence.(Similar to .)
There is a clearer or much simpler way to say this. E.g. 'It is less difficult in my thinking than it was in the previous cases.' > 'It's easier for me now.'
There is a more natural way to say this. E.g. 'I have painfulness of the tooth.' > 'I have a toothache.'
There is a more natural way to say this in modern English. E.g. 'I do love thee.' > 'I love you.'
There is a more conversational way to say this. E.g. 'My physical condition has greatly improved.' > 'I'm much better now.'

“Worry” と “Be Worried” の違いは?

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