UPSET1 feeling upset2 to make someone feel upset3 to become upset4 making you feel upset5 getting upset easilyRELATED WORDSsee alsoSADOFFENDCRITICIZEINSULTCRY1 feeling upset 感到难过的upset /ʌpˈset/ [adjective not before noun]unhappy because something very unpleasant or disappointing has happened, so that you feel shocked or you want to cry 苦恼的，心烦意乱的 Miss Hurley is too upset to speak to anyone at the moment. 赫尔利小姐这会儿很烦恼，不想跟任何人说话。 The children were very upset when we told them that we wouldn't be going to Disneyland. 我们对孩子说不去迪斯尼乐园时，他们很失望。upset about She's still upset about her uncle's death. 她仍在为叔叔的去世而难过。upset (that) The organizers were upset that so few people visited the exhibition. 参观展览的人太少了，组织者感到苦恼。hurt /hɜːʳt/ [adjective not before noun]upset and shocked because someone has been unkind to you, especially someone that you trusted and thought was a friend 〔感情上〕受伤害的〔尤指你信任和视为朋友的人对你不好〕 Bill felt very hurt when he realized she had lied to him. 比尔得知她对他撒谎时，感觉很伤心。hurt (that) Gretta was really hurt that none of her friends came to visit her in the hospital. 没有一个朋友来医院看望格雷塔，她心里非常难受。deeply hurtextremely hurt 深受伤害 Jackson was said to be ‘deeply hurt’ by the newspaper reports about him. 据说，报纸上的报道让杰克逊“深受伤害”。hurt [uncountable noun] Sylvie could still remember the hurt of being treated like an outsider. 西尔维还记得被当作局外人来对待所受的伤害。distressed /dɪˈstrest/ [adjective]extremely upset and shocked about something very unpleasant that has happened, so that you cry or become confused 十分痛苦的，极度悲伤的 Herman becomes distressed when anyone asks him about the accident. 有人问起那场事故，赫尔曼就会非常痛苦。 The airport was full of distressed relatives waiting for news of the crash. 机场里挤满了悲痛欲绝的亲属，他们在等待有关坠机的消息。distressed by/about/at Everyone in the office was distressed by Maggie's unexpected death. 办公室里所有人都为玛吉的突然去世感到难过。 Nelson's supporters were distressed about his use of racial slurs. 纳尔逊的支持者为他说出种族侮辱的话感到难过。distressed that I was crying all the time, and my mother was distressed that she could do nothing to comfort me. 我哭个不停，妈妈因为无法安慰我而十分忧伤。distressed to hear/learn/see/find etc We were all distressed to hear that Stuart had been attacked the night before. 听说斯图尔特昨晚遭袭击，我们都很难过。deeply distressedextremely distressed 深感悲痛 She was deeply distressed to see the animal in so much pain. 看到动物这么痛苦，她深感难过。distress [uncountable noun] Mr and Mrs Roberts spoke with obvious distress about their missing daughter. 罗伯茨夫妇说起他们失踪的女儿时带有明显的悲伤。distraught /dɪˈstrɔːt/ [adjective]extremely upset, usually because you are very worried about something, so that you cry a lot or seem confused 心神不宁的，忧心如焚的 He could see that I was distraught, but he still kept asking me questions. 他明明看得出我心神不安的，可还是向我问个没完。 The distraught parents of the missing baby have made a public appeal for her return. 失踪婴儿的父母焦虑不安，公开呼吁把她送回来。distraught at/over/about We were all distraught about the accident, but Mama was the most upset. 我们都为这起事故心烦意乱，妈妈是最难过的。 Benson was so distraught over the breakup of his marriage that he committed suicide. 本森因为婚姻破裂感到非常忧伤，于是自杀了。distraught that Casey was totally distraught that they were throwing him out of school. 凯西要被学校开除，他心情烦透了。be in a state /biː ɪn ə ˈsteɪt/ [verb phrase]British informalto be so upset that you cannot stop crying or control your emotions 【英，非正式】处于不安的情况 Stephan called me in a state, saying he was thinking of killing himself. 斯蒂芬打电话给我的时候非常苦恼，说想要自杀。 The children were in such a state that the police couldn't question them. 孩子们如此不安，警察无法向他们提问。be in an awful/terrible/shocking etc state He's been in a terrible state since Julie left him. 自从朱莉离开他之后，他的心情一直很糟糕。2 to make someone feel upset 使某人感到难过upset /ʌpˈset/ [transitive verb] I'm sorry if I upset you - I didn't mean to. 对不起，我让你生气了一我不是故意的。 ‘Why's he crying?’ ‘I don't know - something must have upset him.’ “他为什么哭？”“不知道，肯定有事让他不高兴了”。 Try not to upset your father. He's had a hard day. 别去惹你爸爸不高兴，他今天累了。it upsets somebody to see/hear/think etc It still upsets me to think about my parents’ divorce. 想到父母离婚，我仍很伤心。what upsets somebody is What upsets me most is the way she lied to me. 最让我生气的是她对我撒谎。hurt /hɜːʳt/ [transitive verb]to make someone feel upset by being unkind to them or not thinking enough about their feelings, especially someone who trusts you and thinks you are their friend 使伤心，伤害〔感情〕 I would never do anything to hurt her. 我绝不会做任何伤害她的事。 The fact that his parents take little interest in his life hurts him more than he admits. 父母不大关心他的生活，这对他伤害很深，只是他不愿意承认罢了。it hurts somebody to see/hear/learn etc It hurts me to think that you still don't trust me. 想到你还是不信任我，我很伤心。hurt somebody's feelings /ˌhɜːʳt somebodyˈs ˈfiːlɪŋz/ [verb phrase]to make someone feel upset or offended by something that you say or do, often unintentionally 伤害某人的感情〔通常是无意的〕 I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, but I was just being honest. 如果我伤害了你的感情，真对不起，我只是实话实说。 Don't tell your sister what William said - you'll only hurt her feelings. 威廉说的话不要跟你姐说一那只会让她伤心。 I didn't tell him I don't like his haircut - I don't want to hurt his feelings. 我没告诉他我不喜欢他的发型—我不想使他伤心。distress /dɪˈstres/ [transitive verb]formalto make someone feel extremely upset or worried 【正式】使伤心；使担忧 The number of young men who called asking for Marie distressed her mother. 那么多小伙子打电话来找玛丽让她母亲担忧。it distresses somebody to see/hear etc It distressed him to see Susie cry. 看到苏茜哭，他非常难过。3 to become upset 难过起来get upset /ˌget ʌpˈset/ [verb phrase] I get upset when I see people being cruel to animals. 我看到有人虐待动物，心里就会很难过。 At the slightest mention of her ex-husband's name she gets upset. 稍微一提到她前夫的名字她就不高兴。get upset about It was an awful thing for him to say, but there's no point in getting upset about it. 他这样说是不好，但也没有必要生气。get worked up /get ˌwɜːʳkt ˈʌp/ [verb phrase]informalto become very upset or angry, so that you think things are worse than they really are 【非正式】变得很不安；变得很生气 I'll tell you what he said, but promise you won't get worked up. 我会把他说的话告诉你，但是你要答应不生气。get worked up about/over It's not worth getting worked up about. Anyone can make a mistake. 这不值得生气，人人都会犯错的。get (yourself) all worked up If there's nothing you can do, why get yourself all worked up, honey? 要是你无能为力的话，为什么让自己那么难过，亲爱的？take something to heart /ˌteɪk something tə ˈhɑːʳt/ [verb phrase]to be more upset by what someone says than they intended you to be 为某事心烦意乱，在意某事 Don't take anything he said to heart - he was drunk. 他的话你别放在心上—他喝醉了。 Brian is a very sensitive kind of person and he takes criticism very much to heart. 布赖恩是那种非常敏感的人，对批评很放在心上。get het up /get ˌhet ˈʌp/ [verb phrase]especially British, informalto become very upset about something in a way that other people think is unnecessary 【尤英，非正式】紧张不安〔在别人看来没有必要〕 There's no need to get so het up - it's only a driving test! 没必要这么紧张不安—只是一次驾驶考试而已！4 making you feel upset 令人感觉难过的upsetting /ʌpˈsetɪŋ/ [adjective] She can't talk about her son's death - she finds it too upsetting. 她无法谈及儿子去世的事一她觉得太伤心了。 Many adults manage to forget their more upsetting childhood experiences. 许多成年人设法忘掉比较痛苦的一些童年经历。it is upsetting to do something It was upsetting to have to say goodbye so soon. 这么快就得说再见了，真让人难过。distressing /dɪˈstresɪŋ/ [adjective]making you feel extremely upset or worried 令人不安的，使人担忧的 U.N. officials have called the recent arrest of political opponents ‘distressing.’ 联合国官员把最近政敌的逮捕形容为“令人痛心的”。 Being in a strange city with no money was an extremely distressing situation. 身无分文处在一个陌生的城市里是件极其令人不安的事。painful /ˈpeɪnfəl/ [adjective]apainful experience or memory makes you feel extremely upset and sad 〔经历或记忆〕令人痛苦的 It's five years since we separated, but I still find the memories quite painful. 我们分手已有五年，可一些记忆仍令我相当痛苦。 For those involved, the scandal has been a very painful experience. 对当事人来说，这桩丑闻是个非常痛苦的经历。painful to Colin's death is painful to me and everyone who knew him. 柯林斯的去世对于我和所有认识他的人来说都是痛苦的。it is painful to see/hear etc It was so painful to see how frail she had become in just a few months. 看到她在仅仅几个月内就变得那么瘦弱，真令人痛心。harrowing /ˈhærəʊɪŋ/ [adjective]an experience or event that isharrowing makes you feel extremely upset because it is very frightening or shocking 〔经历或事件〕令人震惊的；令人痛苦的 The film contained harrowing scenes of starving children. 这部电影有一些描写饥饿儿童的骇人镜头。 After a harrowing bus ride through the mountains, we arrived at the port of Heraklion. 在山区坐了一程折磨人的公共汽车以后，我们到了伊拉克利翁港。traumatic /trɔːˈmætɪk/ [adjective]an experience or event that istraumatic makes you feel so upset that it affects the way you think or behave for a very long time 〔经历或事件〕令人痛苦而难忘的 Len's slow and painful death was traumatic for the entire family. 莱恩缓慢而痛苦地死去，这对全家人来说是伤心难忘的。 Learning to swim was the most traumatic experience of my childhood. 学游泳是我童年最痛苦难忘的事。5 getting upset easily 容易生气的sensitive /ˈsensɪtɪv, ˈsensətɪv/ [adjective] My brother pretends he's tough, but he's actually pretty sensitive. 我哥哥装得坚强，可事实上他非常易生气。sensitive about I didn't realize that Lee was so sensitive about her family. 我不知道李这么忌讳说她家人。sensitive to criticism If you are a public figure you can't afford to be too sensitive to criticism. 如果你是公众人物，就不能对别人的批评反应过敏。oversensitive/overly sensitive /ˌəʊvəˈsensɪtɪv◂, ˌəʊvəˈsensətɪv◂, ˌəʊvəʳli ˈsenstɪv/ [adjective]use this about someone who you think gets upset too easily 过分敏感的；容易生气的 When I complain about the mean things he says, he just tells me I'm being oversensitive. 我抱怨他说话刻薄，他却说我过于敏感。 Overly sensitive children have trouble making friends with other children. 过于敏感的小孩子与其他孩子交朋友有困难。