一、详细释义:
adj.
心烦的;混乱的
例句:
I'm always upset when I don't get any mail.
我接不到任何邮件时总是心烦意乱。
例句:
You've never seen me very upset.
你从没见过我混乱的样子。
(肠胃)不适的
例句:
I'm suffering from an upset stomach.
我的肠胃正不舒服着呢。
例句:
I thought it was the food that make my stomach upset.
我以为是食物让我的肠胃不适。
n.
(肠胃的)不适
例句:
I had a stomach upset last night.
我昨天夜里肠胃不适。
例句:
He was In bed with a tummy upset .
他因肠胃不适而卧床。
混乱;心烦意乱
例句:
The news gave her quite an upset.
这消息使她大为心烦意乱。
例句:
Last minute changes caused a great deal of upset.
出现的临时变动造成一片混乱。
翻倒,颠覆
例句:
Even so, there is a distinct possibility of an upset.
尽管如此,颠覆仍然是非常有可能的。
例句:
In these letters there are lots of complaints about groups that are causing turmoil and upset in Canaan.
信中有很多对支派的抱怨,这些怨言后来引起了迦南的混乱和颠覆。
v.
打翻,弄翻 [I,T]
例句:
A flap from the tail of the whale upset the boat.
鲸尾轻轻一拍便把小船打翻了。
例句:
I've upset a cup of coffee on my shirt.
我打翻了一杯咖啡,洒在我的衬衫上了。
打乱,扰乱 [I,T]
例句:
We have come all this way to arrive at a decision. Do not upset the apple cart now.
我们好不容易要做出决定,现在可不要打乱步骤。
例句:
Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.
她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。
使心烦 [T]
例句:
This, however, upset and displeased the peasants.
但这都使农民很不高兴。
例句:
The volatile political situation in Singapore upset the people.
动荡不定的新加坡政局使人民感到不安。
推翻,颠覆 [I,T]
例句:
Nothing can upset us.
没有什么能颠覆我们。
例句:
The baby-boomers will upset the pattern.
但是婴儿潮一代将会颠覆这种模式。
二、词义辨析:
upset,agitate,disturb,perturb
这些动词均有“使不安,使心烦意乱”之意。upset最普通,最通俗用词,侧重失去精神上的平静,心理上完全丧失平衡。agitate侧重指内心的焦虑,难于控制,表露于外。disturb指因某人的行动、扰乱、妨碍安静等而使人不得安宁。perturb书面语用词,指使人焦急烦恼,扰得心情不安。
三、相关短语:
upset stomach