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be distraught about/over sth
介词也可用 at，表示“因某事而极度烦恼”。
She was distraught about losing her job.
她因丢了工作而心烦意乱。
烦恼的；心烦意乱的；发狂的
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烦恼的；心烦意乱的；发狂的
deeply agitated or upset, especially from emotion
She was distraught about losing her job.
她因丢了工作而心烦意乱。
深受伤害、悲伤或担忧的；因痛苦而无法自持的。
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
疯狂的；精神错乱的。
Mad; insane.
He was distraught after missing the deadline for his job application.
错过工作申请截止日期后，他心烦意乱。
She became distraught when she realized she had left her passport on the train.
她发现把护照落在火车上时，变得心烦意乱。
They were distraught with worry until they found their cat hiding under the bed.
他们一直焦急万分，直到发现猫藏在床底下。
介词也可用 at，表示“因某事而极度烦恼”。
She was distraught about losing her job.
她因丢了工作而心烦意乱。
with 后常接 grief、worry、anxiety 等表示情绪的抽象名词。
He was distraught with worry when his son didn't come home.
儿子没回家时，他担心得坐立不安。
too...to... 结构表示“过于……而不能……”。
She was too distraught to explain what had happened.
她心烦意乱得无法解释发生了什么。
leave 后接宾语和形容词，表示“使某人处于某种状态”。
The sudden tragedy left them distraught.
这突如其来的悲剧使他们悲痛欲绝。
Not this
She distraught when she heard the news.
Use this
She was distraught when she heard the news.
汉语形容词可直接作谓语，但英语中形容词必须与系动词连用；distraught 是形容词，前面需要加 was 构成系表结构。
Not this
He was too distraught by his phone to notice me.
Use this
He was too distracted by his phone to notice me.
distraught 指因情绪极度烦恼、心烦意乱，而 distracted 指注意力被分散；此处想表达“分心”，应用 distracted。
Not this
She was distraught with the exam results.
Use this
She was distraught about the exam results.
表示“对某事感到心烦意乱”时，distraught 常接 about/at/over，不接 with；with 通常后接引发情绪的缘由名词（如 grief、anger），不接具体事物。
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悲痛欲绝的母亲
The distraught mother searched desperately for her missing child.
那位悲痛欲绝的母亲拼命寻找她失踪的孩子。
悲伤得不知所措
He was distraught with grief after the sudden loss of his father.
父亲突然去世后，他悲伤得不知所措。
完全心烦意乱
She was utterly distraught when she heard the terrible news.
听到这个可怕的消息时，她完全心烦意乱。
因……而心烦意乱
The parents were distraught over their son's accident.
父母因儿子的事故而心烦意乱。
心烦意乱的神情
He wore a distraught look as he walked out of the interview.
他走出面试考场时，一脸心烦意乱。
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记忆提示：把 distraught 想成 distress（悲痛）+ caught（被抓住）——被悲痛抓住，心烦意乱，几乎发狂。
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道、文学描写 distraught 多用于书面或较正式场合，表示因极度悲伤、焦虑或震惊而心烦意乱、几乎失控；口语中更常说 upset 或 frantic。
These words share the -aught spelling. In standard English, distraught rhymes with caught, taught, and fraught (the final sound is /ɔːt/). Daughter and naughty have the same spelling pattern but are not perfect rhymes because of an extra syllable or final vowel. Laughter is a useful lookalike warning: despite the spelling, it is pronounced /ˈlɑːftər/, not /ˈlɔːtər/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.