单词详解

1. vt. & vi.

打翻，弄翻 (disturb the balance or stability of)

He upset the cup. 他打翻了杯子。

2. vt.

A. 打乱，扰乱 (disrupt)

You upset our plan. 你打乱了我们的计划。

B. 使苦恼，使心烦，使不适 (distress the mind or feelings of sb.)

Chocolate upset my stomach. 我吃巧克力后感到胃不舒服。

3. n.

翻倒，扰乱，不安，不适 (an unhappy and worried mental state)

I couldn’t bear the upset. 我无法忍受这种扰乱。

4. adj.

A. 心烦的 (afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief)

He was very upset. 他非常心烦。

B. 不舒服的 (mildly physically distressed)

I had an upset stomach. 我肚子不舒服。

 

相关词组

(1) be upset about/over/at sth.　为某事心烦

be upset that...  ……让人不安/心烦

(2) upset oneself about sth.  某人为某事而烦恼

It upsets sb. to do sth. / that ... 让某人心烦的是……

 

相关单词

近义词：disturb

副词：upsettingly

名词：upsetter

过去式：upset

过去分词：upset

现在分词：upsetting

第三人称单数：upsets

 

典型例句

Your friend comes to school very upset.

你的朋友来上学时心情很不好。

① Don’t upset yourself (you) about it—no harm has been done.

② Upsetting (upset) people in this way is rude.

 

写作链接

(2014·高考山东卷·写作) Once I was not very good at English. I didn’t know enough words and my grammar was also poor, which really upset me/made me upset.

我曾经不擅长英语，掌握词汇少，语法也差，这使我确实伤心。

 

名师点津

1. upset 充当形容词时常用作表语，不能作宾语。

2. upset的过去式和过去分词形式仍为upset；其现在分词形式为upsetting。

 

  [巧学助记]

The little boy is doing his homework while a fly is always upsetting him. He is upset about it only to upset the glass full of water.

小男孩在做作业，一只苍蝇老是嗡嗡地打扰他，小男孩很烦恼，结果失手打翻了装满水的杯子。