英语：单词Concern, concerned, concerning的区别

Concern即可用作动词，也可用作名词，表示“涉及、关心、担忧、忧虑”等。Concern, concerned和concerning有一些习惯用法，所表达的含义也不相同：

1, concerned (adj)用做形容证书，相当于worried，表示“担心”

• Why do you keep ringing me? ~ Well, I’m concerned about you. Are you all right?
• I was very concerned that my daughter might not have proper clothing for the skiing trip.
• I was concerned for her safety as well. There have been a lot of avalanches recently.
• here was a concerned expression on his face. I knew something awful had happened.

2, concern (noun)用作名词表示“忧虑、担心”等

• There is growing concern that the climbers may have lost their lives.
• He expressed deep concern about the way in which the elections had been held.

3，concern (动词) / concerning (介词)相当于about，表示“关于”。但比about要正式

• Why are you arguing? What’s it all about? What does it concern?
• It’s about the long lunch breaks enjoyed by the senior executives.
• It concerns the long lunch breaks enjoyed by the senior executives.
• For information concerning / relating to opening hours during the summer months, contact the club secretary.
• If you want to know about opening hours in the summer months, give Joan a ring.
• A number of questions had been tabled relating to / concerning the dangers of the new vaccine.
• We had a lot of questions about people’s concerns about the new vaccine.

4,concerned用作过去分词，相当于involved / affected，表示“涉及”

• There was a brawl outside the nightclub. Those concerned were held in custody overnight. / The youths (who were) involved were held in custody overnight.
• Many have lost their savings. The pensioners concerned will receive substantial compensation / The pensioners who are affected by this will receive compensation.

5, 短语as far as I’m concerned相当于in my opinion，表示“我的意见”

• As far as I’m concerned / In my view / In my opinion, the English football supporters should not be held responsible for starting the fight.

另外，as far as x is concerned相当于concerning x，表示“就x而言”

• As far as foreign languages are concerned, I think they should be taught in primary schools.
• Concerning foreign languages, in my view it is appropriate to teach them at primary school level.