distraught
英 [dɪ'strɔːt]
美 [dɪ'strɔt]
distraught 助记提示
1. alteration (Englishing) of earlier distract.
2. (perhaps by association with other past participle forms in -ght, such as caught, bought, brought).
3. distract => distraught.
distraught 中文词源
distraught 发狂的来自distract, 分心。-ght,拼写模仿caught. 即分心的，发狂的。
distraught 英文词源
- distraught
- distraught: see straight
- distraught (adj.)
- late 14c., alteration (Englishing) of earlier distract (perhaps by association with other past participle forms in -ght, such as caught, bought, brought), mid-14c., past participle of distracten "derange the intellect of, drive mad" (see distract).
distraught 双语例句
1. I was distraught and let out a bellow of tearful rage. 我心烦意乱，流着眼泪发了一通火。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.
- 她母亲忧心如焚,在电话旁守了一个晚上.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Weeks after the accident she remained distraught.
- 事故过去几周了,可她仍是心神不安.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. She sounded absolutely distraught.
- 听上去她完全心慌意乱.
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- 5. I became a distraught, worried mother, a useless role if ever there was one.
- 我变成了一个忧心如焚的母亲，一个全无用处的角色。
来自柯林斯例句