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fraught

/frawt/US // frɔt //UK // (frɔːt) //

焦头烂额的,烦乱的,焦头烂额,忙乱的

Related Words

filled充满,填充,充满了,填写replete充实,饱满,饱满的,充实的charged带电的,带电,被控,被指控abounding丰富的,丰富多样的,丰富多彩的,丰富多样heavy沉重,沉重的,重,厚重laden载重,负载,载重汽车,负荷stuffed填充的,填料,填充物,馅料attended出席的,参加了,出席,出席了bristling昂首挺胸,昂首阔步,昂首挺胸的,昂首阔步的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of, accompanied by, or involving something specified, usually something unpleasant: a task fraught with danger; her pain-fraught body;emotionally fraught lyrics;a gathering fraught with joyful sounds.
    • : characterized by or causing tension or stress: He has always been overweight, so his relationship with food is fraught.We are living in fraught times.
    • : Archaic. filled or laden: ships fraught with precious wares.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Scot. a load; cargo; freight.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.full of
Synonyms
charged带电的,带电,被控,被指控filled充满,填充,充满了,填写replete充实,饱满,饱满的,充实的abounding丰富的,丰富多样的,丰富多彩的,丰富多样attended出席的,参加了,出席,出席了bristling昂首挺胸,昂首阔步,昂首挺胸的,昂首阔步的heavy沉重,沉重的,重,厚重laden载重,负载,载重汽车,负荷stuffed填充的,填料,填充物,馅料

Examples

  • It’s a fraught category but may be helpful in understanding the merits of the show.

  • Our relationship was fraught on that show — we were either the best of friends or the worst of enemies over the course of even a day, because we were all these young, hormonal teen boys.

  • Drawing comparisons across cultures and time periods is a fraught business.

  • Some say their students are too young to understand, while others say the subject is too fraught with emotion and political controversy to deal with at any length — or at all.

  • It’s a fraught environment, not a place where any one person gets to make all the decisions.

  • This year, with slightly more worldliness and way fewer drinks consumed, I could see the emotionally fraught underbelly.

  • He was a!ways ready to tell a story that seemed fraught with significance.

  • Due to the fraught relations between Turkey and Greece, he was safe.

  • Yet, the relationship between American politics and la mode is more fraught.

  • But it is their fraught emotional relationship that makes the story so explosive.

  • The influence of Constantine seems to have been fraught with more of evil than of good to the new religion that he espoused.

  • To do so at any price frequently demands skill, and is always fraught with consequences of some kind to the listener.

  • How rapidly past times came thronging over my memory, fraught with joy and grief!

  • Interplanetary commerce, if and when it begins, will be fraught with all of the dangers that accompany pioneering expeditions.

  • The trip promised to be perilous and fraught with danger, as well as grueling and full of hardships.

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