upset

英[ʌpˈset]
美[ʌpˈset]

基本释义

  • v.打翻,弄翻; 打乱,打搅
  • adj.难过的; 失望的; 沮丧的; (肠胃)不舒服的
  • n.(意外的)混乱,困扰; (肠胃)不适; 意外的结果;爆冷门; 烦闷;苦恼

词性变化

实用例句

This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.

这项决定很可能会使许多人不快。

牛津词典

Don't upset yourself about it─let's just forget it ever happened.

你别为这事烦恼了——咱们就只当它没发生过。

牛津词典

It upset him that nobody had bothered to tell him about it.

让他不高兴的是,谁也没把这件事告诉他。

牛津词典

It upsets me to think of her all alone in that big house.

想到她孤身一人守着那所大房子,我就感到不舒服。

牛津词典

He arrived an hour late and upset all our arrangements.

他迟到了一个小时,把我们的一切安排都打乱了。

牛津词典

She stood up suddenly, upsetting a glass of wine.

她蓦然起身,碰倒了一杯酒。

牛津词典

There's no point getting upset about it.

犯不着为此事难过。

牛津词典

The company has survived the recent upset in share prices.

这家公司撑过了最近股价的动荡。

牛津词典

His health has not been improved by all the upset at home.

家中的纷乱使他的健康毫无起色。

牛津词典

a stomach upset

拉肚子

牛津词典

It had been the cause of much emotional upset.

那便是使人情绪一落千丈的原因。

牛津词典

After she died I felt very, very upset...

她去世之后,我非常非常难过。

Marta looked upset...

玛尔塔一副沮丧的模样。

The whole incident had upset me and my fiancee terribly...

整个事件搞得我和未婚妻都心烦意乱。

She warned me not to say anything to upset him...

她警告我不要说任何让他不高兴的话。

...a deal that would upset the balance of power in the world's gold markets...

一桩将会打破全球黄金市场均势的交易

House prices are easily upset by factors which have nothing to do with property.

房价很容易受到与房产毫不相干的因素的干扰。

Don't upset the piles of sheets under the box.

不要把箱子下面那几叠床单弄乱了。

...bumping into him, and almost upsetting the ginger ale.

撞上了他,差点打翻了姜味汽水

Paul was unwell last night with a stomach upset...

保罗昨晚肚子不舒服。

It wasn't anything serious. A mild stomach upset, that's all.

没什么大不了的。只是胃有点不舒服,没别的。

This accident upset our plans and threw us into confusion.

这个意外事件搅乱了我的阵脚.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He means no harm by saying what he thinks, but people tend to be upset by it.

他想到什么就说什么,并无恶意, 但人们听了心里总是不舒服.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

They need to immunise teams against group-think: Hackman argued that the best ones contain deviants who are willing to do something that may be upsetting to others.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

I am not sure if she was more upset by my hubris or by the fact that my English teacher had let my ego get so out of hand.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Facebook is a handy site, but I'm upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don't That's too high a price to pay.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

He is upset by its frequent rule changes

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

I am not sure if she was more upset by my hubris or by the fact that my English teacher had let my ego get so out of hand.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

If you were like most children, you probably got upset when your mother called you by a sibling's name.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

Student tutors feel upset when their teachable agents fail, but happy when these virtual pupils succeed as they derive pride and satisfaction from someone else's accomplishment.

2018年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

I think your boss would be very upset when he gets your letter of resignation.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

Well, I don't think we do anything deliberately to upset our customers

出自-2010年12月听力原文

Although the planned operation will be located more than miles away, drawing the soda ash in through pipelines, conservationists worry it could still upset the natural water cycle and breeding grounds.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Respondents' minds tended to wander more when they felt upset rather than happy.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

And if you're upset about that, then what's the point?

2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文

He always answered, "Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish", I remember being even more upset then because, "I'm not a fish!" I didn't know how to think like a fish.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

He was very upset that he couldn't earn enough money to support his family.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

People who have personality traits that connect with competitiveness and low upset tolerance are much more likely to get angry.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

She was too upset to spend much time at the real museum.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

The evening walk was a time to shake off the day's upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The task was so hard, and Steve, angry and upset, said he was quitting.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is been the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Today, a man talked very loud on his phone on a train between malvern and reading, making many passengers upset.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Uncontrolled human activities greatly upset ecosystems.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

If it is trying to upset Google, which relies almost wholly on default will become the norm.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

“Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,” he said, “but if you discontinue it, you’re going to have your most loyal customers really upset with you.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

But on the more important matter of the Constitution,the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration's effort to upset the balance of power between the federal government and the states.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

If it is trying to upset Google, which relies almost wholly on advertising, it has chosen an indirect method: there is no guarantee that DNT by default will become the norm.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

They gave justices permanent positions so they would be free to upset those in power and have no need to cultivate political support.

2012年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. an unhappy and worried mental state;

    "there was too much anger and disturbance"

    "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"

  • 2. the act of disturbing the mind or body;

    "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"

    "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"

  • 3. condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning;

    "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"

    "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"

  • 4. a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

  • 5. the act of upsetting something;

    "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"

  • 6. an improbable and unexpected victory;

    "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

Verb
  • 1. disturb the balance or stability of;

    "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"

  • 2. cause to lose one's composure

  • 3. move deeply;

    "This book upset me"

    "A troubling thought"

  • 4. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position;

    "The cat knocked over the flower vase"

    "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"

    "he tumped over his beer"

  • 5. form metals with a swage

  • 6. defeat suddenly and unexpectedly;

    "The foreign team upset the local team"

Adjective
  • 1. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;

    "too upset to say anything"

    "spent many disquieted moments"

    "distressed about her son's leaving home"

    "lapsed into disturbed sleep"

    "worried parents"

    "a worried frown"

    "one last worried check of the sleeping children"

  • 2. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;

    "troops fleeing in broken ranks"

    "a confused mass of papers on the desk"

    "the small disordered room"

    "with everything so upset"

  • 3. used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win;

    "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"

  • 4. mildly physically distressed;

    "an upset stomach"

  • 5. having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom;

    "an overturned car"

    "the upset pitcher of milk"

    "sat on an upturned bucket"

同义词辨析

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。