The verb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp'set/. The noun is pronounced 'ʌpset/. 动词和形容词读作/ʌp'set/,名词读作/'ʌpset/。
1 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 心烦的;苦恼的;沮丧的 If you are
upset, you are unhappy or disappointed because something unpleasant has happened to you.
心烦的;苦恼的;沮丧的 [Also + about] -
After she died I felt very, very upset.
她去世之后,我非常非常难过。
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Marta looked upset.
玛尔塔一副沮丧的模样。
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She sounded upset when I said you couldn't give her an appointment.
我告诉她你不能安排与她会面时,她的声音听上去有些沮丧。
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They are terribly upset by the break-up of their parents' marriage. [+ by]
父母婚姻破裂让他们极度苦恼。
2 VERB 使心烦意乱;使生气;使心情不好 If something
upsets you, it makes you feel worried or unhappy.
使心烦意乱;使生气;使心情不好 -
The whole incident had upset me and my fiancee terribly. [VERB noun]
整个事件搞得我和未婚妻都心烦意乱。
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She warned me not to say anything to upset him. [VERB noun]
她警告我不要说任何让他不高兴的话。
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Don't upset yourself, Ida. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
别自寻烦恼了,艾达。
3 VERB 打乱;搅乱 If events
upset something such as a procedure or a state of affairs, they cause it to go wrong.
打乱;搅乱 4 VERB 弄翻;打翻;弄乱 If you
upset an object, you accidentally knock or push it over so that it scatters over a large area.
弄翻;打翻;弄乱 -
Don't upset the piles of sheets under the box. [VERB noun]
不要把箱子下面那几叠床单弄乱了。
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...bumping into him, and almost upsetting the ginger ale. [VERB noun]
撞上了他,差点打翻了姜味汽水
5 N-COUNT (肠胃的)不适 A stomach
upset is a slight illness in your stomach caused by an infection or by something that you have eaten.
(肠胃的)不适 -
Paul was unwell last night with a stomach upset.
保罗昨晚肚子不舒服。
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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。
Upset is also an adjective.
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | upset Also look up: |
ADJ. | disappointed, hurt, unhappy; (ant.) happy 1 ill, sick, unsettled 5 |
VERB. | overturn, spill, topple 4 |
Word Partnership | Use upset with: |
PREP. | upset about/by/over something 1 |
ADV. | visibly upset 1 really upset, so upset, very upset 1 2 |
VERB. | become upset, feel upset, get upset 1 5 |
N. | stomach upset (or upset stomach) 5 |
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