distraught
英 [dɪ'strɔːt]
美 [dɪ'strɔt]
助記提示
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.
中文詞源
distraught 發狂的來自distract, 分心。-ght,拚寫模仿caught. 即分心的，發狂的。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. I was distraught and let out a bellow of tearful rage.
- 我心煩意亂，流著眼淚發了一通火。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.
- 她母親憂心如焚,在電話旁守了一個晚上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Weeks after the accident she remained distraught.
- 事故過去幾周了,可她仍是心神不安.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She sounded absolutely distraught.
- 聽上去她完全心慌意亂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I became a distraught, worried mother, a useless role if ever there was one.
- 我變成了一個憂心如焚的母親，一個全無用處的角色。
來自柯林斯例句