distraught• His father, who lives in Basildon, is said to be distraught.• We were all distraught about the accident, but Mama was the most upset.• Totally distraught, Amy told her parents.• A lot of men are distraught at not being able to give birth and there's little to be done about that.• He could see that I was distraught, but he still kept asking me questions.• Her distraught family were given the bombshellnewsyesterday as the modellapsed in and out of horrifichallucinations.• A policewoman was trying to calm the boy's distraughtmother.• The androids had pulled the shaking and distraughtofficer from the wreck of the room and taken him directly to their controller.• Benson was so distraught over the breakup of his marriage that he committedsuicide.• The distraught parents of the missingbaby have made a public appeal for her return.• Casey was totally distraught that they were throwing him out of school.• Mrs Drummond was distraught when she realised Isabelle's condition.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤appear, be, look, seem, sound看上去心煩意亂;心急如焚;看似心煩意亂;好像忐忑不安;聽起來心煩意亂◇She sounded absolutely distraught.聽上去她十分心煩意亂。➤become變得憂慮不安▸➤leave sb使某人心神不定◇His mother's death left him utterly distraught.他母親的去世使他完全發狂了。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極度/相當/非常心煩意亂▸➤absolutely, completely, utterly焦躁不安;六神無主;惶恐不安➤emotionally心亂如麻PREPOSITION➤at因⋯憂慮不安◇They were extremely distraught at the news of his accident.聽到他出事的消息,他們極度憂慮不安。