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distraught adj.心烦意乱；忧心如焚的；发狂的 (1) 亨特在听说切赫的伤势后心烦意乱.(2) 她母亲忧心如焚，在电话旁守了一个晚上。(3) 她担心得几乎要发疯了。 While distraught may sound like an old Germanic past participle, it is actually an alteration of distract from the Latin distrahere "to draw in different directions." If you are distraught, you are so upset that it's hard to think straight, hence your mind is "drawn in different directions."

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英 [dɪ'strɔːt] 美 [dɪ'strɔːt] (1) Hunt was distraught after learning of Cech's condition.(2) Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.(3) She was distraught with worry. If you are upset, you are distraught. If you want to explain why you are pulling your hair out, just utter "Leave me alone; I'm distraught" It'll work. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]心烦意乱的；心急如焚的；发狂的 If someone is distraught, they are so upset and worried that they cannot think clearly. His distraught parents were being comforted by relatives.亲戚们正在安慰他那心急如焚的父母。

英语单词	distraught
英美音标	英 [dɪ'strɔːt] 美 [dɪ'strɔːt]
中文释义	adj.心烦意乱；忧心如焚的；发狂的
英语例句	(1) Hunt was distraught after learning of Cech's condition. (2) Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone. (3) She was distraught with worry.
中文例句	(1) 亨特在听说切赫的伤势后心烦意乱. (2) 她母亲忧心如焚，在电话旁守了一个晚上。 (3) 她担心得几乎要发疯了。
vocabulary简明	If you are upset, you are distraught. If you want to explain why you are pulling your hair out, just utter "Leave me alone; I'm distraught" It'll work.
vocabulary扩展	While distraught may sound like an old Germanic past participle, it is actually an alteration of distract from the Latin distrahere "to draw in different directions." If you are distraught, you are so upset that it's hard to think straight, hence your mind is "drawn in different directions."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]心烦意乱的；心急如焚的；发狂的 If someone is distraught, they are so upset and worried that they cannot think clearly. His distraught parents were being comforted by relatives. 亲戚们正在安慰他那心急如焚的父母。

Distraught Directions Upset 英 Dɪ'Strɔːt] 美 Dɪ'Strɔːt Adj.心烦意乱；忧心如焚的；发狂的 Hunt