upset

verb

1. 使烦恼；使心烦意乱；使生气
   to make sb/yourself feel unhappy, anxious or annoyed
   1. This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.
      这项决定很可能会使许多人不快。
   2. Don't upset yourself about it─let's just forget it ever happened.
      你别为这事烦恼了——咱们就只当它没发生过。
   3. It upset him that nobody had bothered to tell him about it.
      让他不高兴的是，谁也没把这件事告诉他。
   4. It upsets me to think of her all alone in that big house.
      想到她孤身一人守着那所大房子，我就感到不舒服。
2. 打乱；搅乱
   to make a plan, situation, etc. go wrong
   1. He arrived an hour late and upset all our arrangements.
      他迟到了一个小时，把我们的一切安排都打乱了。
3. 使（肠胃）不适
   to make sb feel sick after they have eaten or drunk sth
4. 打翻；碰倒；使倾覆
   to make sth fall over by hitting it by accident
   1. She stood up suddenly, upsetting a glass of wine.
      她蓦然起身，碰倒了一杯酒。

adj.

1. 难过；不高兴；失望；沮丧
   unhappy or disappointed because of sth unpleasant that has happened
   1. There's no point getting upset about it.
      犯不着为此事难过。
2. 肠胃不适；腹泻
   an illness in the stomach that makes you feel sick or have diarrhoea

noun

1. （意外的）混乱，困扰，麻烦
   a situation in which there are problems or difficulties, especially when these are unexpected
   1. The company has survived the recent upset in share prices.
      这家公司撑过了最近股价的动荡。
   2. His health has not been improved by all the upset at home.
      家中的纷乱使他的健康毫无起色。
2. 意外的结果；爆冷门
   a situation in which a person or team beats the person or team that was expected to win
3. 肠胃病；腹泻
   an illness in the stomach that makes you feel sick or have diarrhoea
   1. a stomach upset
      拉肚子
4. 不痛快；烦闷；失望；苦恼
   feelings of unhappiness and disappointment caused by sth unpleasant that has happened
   1. It had been the cause of much emotional upset.
      那便是使人情绪一落千丈的原因。

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/。


1. ADJ-GRADED 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.
   1. After she died I felt very, very upset...
      她去世之后，我非常非常难过。
   2. Marta looked upset...
      玛尔塔一副沮丧的模样。
   3. 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。
   4. 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。
   5. Upset is also a noun.
      
   6. ...stress and other emotional upsets.
      压力与其他情绪问题
2. VERB 使心烦意乱；使生气；使心情不好
   If something upsets you, it makes you feel worried or unhappy.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. Don't upset yourself, Ida.
      别自寻烦恼了，艾达。
3. VERB 打乱；搅乱
   If events upset something such as a procedure or a state of affairs, they cause it to go wrong.
   1. ...a deal that would upset the balance of power in the world's gold markets...
      一桩将会打破全球黄金市场均势的交易
   2. House prices are easily upset by factors which have nothing to do with property.
      房价很容易受到与房产毫不相干的因素的干扰。
   3. Upset is also a noun.
      
   4. Markets are very sensitive to any upsets in the Japanese economic machine.
      市场对日本经济机器出现的任何问题都极其敏感。
4. VERB 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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...bumping into him, and almost upsetting the ginger ale.
      撞上了他，差点打翻了姜味汽水
5. N-COUNT （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.
   1. Paul was unwell last night with a stomach upset...
      保罗昨晚肚子不舒服。
   2. 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。
   3. Upset is also an adjective.
      
   4. Larry is suffering from an upset stomach.
      拉里现在胃不舒服。
6. to upset the applecart → see: applecart

1. You can imagine he was terribly upset
   你能想象得出来，他当时心里乱得要命。
2. When she first contacted me Frances was upset.
   弗朗西丝第一次与我联系时很心烦意乱。
3. She's been very depressed and upset about this whole situation.
   她对整个情形感到极其沮丧和不快。
4. All this has upset me. I need time to digest it all.
   所以这些都让我心烦。我需要时间来慢慢接受这一切。
5. She cried on the phone and was very upset and I really felt for her.
   她在电话里哭了，非常难过，我很同情她。
6. A girl he knew had upset him by commenting on his increasing girth.
   他认识的一位女孩对他越来越粗的腰身说三道四，这让他心里很不痛快。
7. You have a lot of people that are very upset with what happened.
   有很多人对所发生的事感到很不安。
8. I hope I haven't said anything to upset you.
   但愿我没有说过让你不高兴的话。
9. She gets very upset if I exclude her from anything
   要是有什么事情我不让她参加，她会非常难过。
10. You looked pretty upset just now
    你刚才看上去挺难过的。
11. After a pause Alex said sharply: 'I'm sorry if I've upset you'
    歇了一会儿后，亚历克斯毫不客气地说：“要是让你心烦了，那我很抱歉。”
12. On Monday I was still upset and I phoned in sick to work.
    星期一，我还是感觉不适，便打电话到单位请了病假。
13. He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset
    他借口自己胃不舒服离开了。
14. My best friend tells me that I am silly to be upset about this
    我最好的朋友说我要是为这事而沮丧难过就真够傻的。
15. He had an upset stomach
    他胃不舒服。
16. Stephen is going to be pretty upset when he finds out how you tricked him
    如果斯蒂芬发现你怎样欺骗了他，他会非常气愤。
17. After she died I felt very, very upset
    她去世之后，我非常非常难过。
18. Marta looked upset
    玛尔塔一副沮丧的模样。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. Don't upset yourself, Ida.
    别自寻烦恼了，艾达。
24. House prices are easily upset by factors which have nothing to do with property.
    房价很容易受到与房产毫不相干的因素的干扰。
25. 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。
26. Paul was unwell last night with a stomach upset
    保罗昨晚肚子不舒服。
27. 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。
28. On Wednesday night I had a very vivid dream which really upset me.
    周三晚上，我做了个十分逼真的梦，让我很不安。
29. Whatever you do, don't upset the women.
    不管你做什么，不要让女士们感到不安。
30. She was badly upset by the sad news.
    这一不幸的消息给了她很大的刺激。

v.

upset the apple cart

• 制造麻烦；打乱计划（或安排等）
  to cause problems for sb or spoil their plans, arrangements, etc.

noun

1. an improbable and unexpected victory
   1. the biggest upset since David beat Goliath

   Synonym:    overturn

2. the act of upsetting something
   1. he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed

   Synonym:    overturnturnover

3. the act of disturbing the mind or body
   1. his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
   2. she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living

   Synonym:    derangementoverthrow

4. a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

   Synonym:    swage

5. a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
   1. the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
   2. everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time

   Synonym:    disorder

6. an unhappy and worried mental state
   1. there was too much anger and disturbance
   2. she didn't realize the upset she caused me

   Synonym:    disturbanceperturbation

verb

1. disturb the balance or stability of
   1. The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries

2. defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
   1. The foreign team upset the local team

3. form metals with a swage

   Synonym:    swage

4. move deeply
   1. This book upset me
   2. A troubling thought

   Synonym:    disturbtrouble

5. cause to lose one's composure

   Synonym:    discomposeuntunedisconcertdiscomfit

6. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
   1. The cat knocked over the flower vase
   2. the clumsy customer turned over the vase
   3. he tumped over his beer

   Synonym:    overturntip overturn overknock overbowl overtump over

adj

1. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
   1. troops fleeing in broken ranks
   2. a confused mass of papers on the desk
   3. the small disordered room
   4. with everything so upset

   Synonym:    brokenconfuseddisordered

2. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
   1. too upset to say anything
   2. spent many disquieted moments
   3. distressed about her son's leaving home
   4. lapsed into disturbed sleep
   5. worried parents
   6. a worried frown
   7. one last worried check of the sleeping children

   Synonym:    disquieteddistresseddisturbedworried

3. having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
   1. an overturned car
   2. the upset pitcher of milk
   3. sat on an upturned bucket

   Synonym:    overturnedupturned

4. mildly physically distressed
   1. an upset stomach