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/。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
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。
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。
They are terribly upset by the break-up of their parents' marriage.
父母婚姻破裂让他们极度苦恼。
- Upset is also a noun.
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[VERB 动词]使心烦意乱;使生气;使心情不好 If something
upsets you, it makes you feel worried or unhappy.
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。
Don't upset yourself, Ida.
别自寻烦恼了,艾达。
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[VERB 动词]打乱;搅乱 If events
upset something such as a procedure or a state of affairs, they cause it to go wrong.
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[VERB 动词]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.
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
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
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。
- Upset is also an adjective.
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to
upset the applecart→see: applecart
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