flustered

flus·tered /ˈflʌstəd $ -ərd/ adjectiveadj

NERVOUSconfused and nervous 慌亂的，緊張的

Paul was looking flustered and embarrassed.

保羅看上去神情慌亂，一臉窘迫。

I always get flustered in interviews.

我面試時老是緊張。

Examples from the Corpus

flustered• For a moment, the professor looked flustered.• If you do get flustered after a mistake then you're likely to make another one.• When she tried to be cheerful she ended up flustered and red-faced, clammy all over.• There was a flustered conference on the tarmac between two groups of officials.• Glancing in, he saw a tall, flustered figure turning away in disgust from the counter.• He entered the house by the front door and was confronted by a flustered maidservant.

Origin flustered

(1600-1700) Probably from a Scandinavian language

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