upsetting

1. ADJ If you are upset, you are unhappy or disappointed because something unpleasant has happened to you. 難過的; 沮喪的

After she died I felt very, very upset. 她死後，我感覺非常非常難過。

Marta looked upset. 瑪爾塔看起來很沮喪。

2. N-COUNT Upset is also a noun. 煩惱; 失望

...stress and other emotional upsets. …壓力和其他情感上的煩惱。

3. V-T If something upsets you, it makes you feel worried or unhappy. 使…煩惱; 使…不高興

The whole incident had upset me and my fiancée terribly. 整個事件已使我和我的未婚妻非常煩惱。

She warned me not to say anything to upset him. 她警告我不要說任何讓他心煩的話。

4. upsettingADJ 令人煩惱的; 使人不高興的

Childhood illness can be upsetting for children and parents alike. 童年的疾病能使孩子和父母同樣苦惱。

5. V-T If events upset something such as a procedure or a state of affairs, they cause it to go wrong. 攪亂

These latest comments could upset the peace negotiations which are due to begin next week.

這些最新的評論可能攪亂定於下周開始的和平談判。

6. N-COUNT Upset is also a noun. 混亂

Markets are very sensitive to any upsets in the Japanese economic machine. 市場對日本經濟機器裡的任何混亂都是非常敏感的。

7. V-T If you upset an object, you accidentally knock or push it over so that it scatters over a large area. 弄繙

Don't upset the piles of sheets under the box. 別碰亂了盒子下麪的那幾摞紙。

8. N-COUNT A stomach upset is a slight illness in your stomach caused by an infection or by something that you have eaten. (胃) 不舒服

Paul was unwell last night with a stomach upset. 保羅昨晚胃不舒服。

9. ADJ Upset is also an adjective. 不舒服的[ADJ n]

Larry has an upset stomach. 拉裡胃不舒服。

10. to upset the applecart→see applecart