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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fraught /frɔːt $ frɒːt/ adjective  1 fraught with problems/difficulties/danger etc full of problems etc 充满问题/困难/危险等 Their marriage has been fraught with difficulties. 他们的婚姻困难重重。2 WORRIEDfull of anxiety or worry 焦虑不安的;非常紧张的 SYN tense a fraught atmosphere 焦虑的氛围 a fraught situation 令人担心的形势 Julie sounded rather fraught. 朱莉的语气显得颇为忧虑。
Examples from the Corpus
fraughtAnd the idea of establishing another racial group in this racially fraught country is extreme.Attractive as that proposition has seemed in recent years, the form in which it has been pursued is fraught with difficulties.Then I reminded myself that it is fraught with disappointments.And her reaction to her illness was, as best I can glean, fraught with fear, discouragement, and depression.But it is said, too, that her passion brings her only a burden of pain, fraught with many sighs.Alas! the centuries are fraught with pain, and man is burdened by fear and woe.fraught situationLowell's humour - unexpected - that could take the heat out of a fraught situation.Sarah, who lived near to the Brompton Hospital, visited her father regularly although Raine's hostility complicated an already fraught situation.The police in Ajdabiya were mostly Magharba and Zuwaya, and senior officers took care in selecting men to police fraught situations.To learn how to cope in such fraught situations and to survive can be a broadening experience.
Origin fraught (1300-1400) Past participle of fraught to load, fill ((14-19 centuries)), from Middle Dutch vracht load
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fraught
fraught /frɔːt $ frɒːt/ adjective
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: Past participle of fraught 'to load, fill' (14-19 centuries), from Middle Dutch vracht 'load'
1. fraught with problems/difficulties/danger etc full of problems etc:
    Their marriage has been fraught with difficulties.
2. full of anxiety or worry
   SYN  tense:
    a fraught atmosphere
    a fraught situation
    Julie sounded rather fraught.


fraughtBrE /frɔːt/ 🔊NAmE /frɔːt/ 🔊 adjective~ with sth filled with sth unpleasant 充满(不愉快事物)的a situation fraught with danger/difficulty/problems 充满危险/困难重重/问题成堆的局面(especially BrE) causing or feeling worry and anxiety 焦虑的;忧虑的;担心的 SYN tense She looked/sounded fraught.她愁容满面;她的话音显出忧虑。There was a fraught silence. 有一阵令人焦虑的沉默。🔊🔊Things are as fraught as ever in the office. 办公室的情况和往常一样令人担心。🔊🔊