frantic學測 L6KK [ˈfræntɪk] ｜ /ˈfræntɪk/
驚慌失措的；極度焦慮的·激動到失控的
學測愛考的情緒形容詞，易與副詞混淆
She made one frantic search of the room before the fire alarm forced everyone outside.
火警警報逼所有人撤離前，她把房間瘋狂搜索了一遍。
一個畫面：抓狂亂衝
嚇到抓狂因為害怕而慌張亂跑、語無倫次
樂到抓狂因為太開心而情緒失控、動作誇張
義項
驚慌尋人C1adjective驚慌失措的；極度焦慮的
When the little girl got separated from her mother, she became very frantic and started running around, crying and screaming.
當小女孩和媽媽走失時，她變得非常驚慌，開始又哭又叫地到處亂跑。
a frantic searcha frantic phone call
欣喜若狂C2adjective激動到失控的
After her team won the championship game, the coach was so frantic with joy that she jumped onto the field and started hugging her players.
校隊獲得冠軍賽勝利後，教練欣喜若狂，衝上場擁抱每一位球員。
frantic with joy
片語
frantic pace步調飛快 →快到讓人喘不過氣的步調
frantic effort拚命衝刺 →竭盡全力的緊急努力
frantic search翻箱倒櫃 →慌張地到處尋找
你會不會這樣說？
She made a ___ phone call to find her lost dog. (frantic / frantically)
看答案
frantic
frantic 是形容詞，修飾名詞 call；動詞用 frantically。
'...the coach was so frantic with joy...' 這裡的 frantic 比較接近哪個意思？(A) 因恐懼而驚慌 (B) 因興奮而情緒失控
看答案
(B)
此句描述奪冠後的狂喜，對應「激動到失控的」義項。
字族
frantically 瘋狂地；狂亂地