disturbed about/by sth
about 和 by 均可，by 更强调原因。
She was deeply disturbed by the news.
她被那则消息深深地困扰着。
不安的；困扰的
表现出精神疾病、严重精神病或神经症症状的。；极度惊慌的；震惊的。；已被改动或改变的。；混乱的
deeply upset or troubled
表现出精神疾病、严重精神病或神经症症状的。
Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
极度惊慌的；震惊的。
Extremely alarmed; shocked.
已被改动或改变的。
Having been altered or changed.
She felt disturbed after watching that horror movie.
看完那部恐怖片后，她感到不安。
用法提示：disturbed 作形容词，作 felt 的表语，表示内心的不安。
He was visibly disturbed by the argument he had overheard.
他显然被无意中听到的争吵弄得心烦意乱。
用法提示：disturbed 是过去分词形容词，与 was 连用表示被某事影响而困扰。
His disturbed expression showed that something was wrong.
他不安的表情表明出了什么问题。
用法提示：disturbed 作定语修饰 expression，形容神情带着困扰。
about 和 by 均可，by 更强调原因。
She was deeply disturbed by the news.
她被那则消息深深地困扰着。
I was disturbed to hear that he had lost his job.
听说他失业了，我感到不安。
They were disturbed that no action had been taken.
他们对没有采取任何行动感到不安。
比disturbed更常见，程度稍轻
强调内心的忧虑或困扰
更强调外在表现的焦躁
侧重于担忧和紧张
强调不确定感和缺乏稳定
grammar · medium
易错句子I felt very disturbing about the news.
正确表达I felt very disturbed about the news.
混淆了'disturbed'（感到不安的）和'disturbing'（令人不安的）。此处主语是人，应该用过去分词形容词表示被动感受，而非现在分词形容词表示主动属性。
grammar · medium
易错句子He disturbed about the result.
正确表达He is disturbed about the result.
缺少系动词。'disturbed'作为形容词不能单独作谓语，必须与系动词（如is, was）连用。这里应该用'is disturbed'表示状态。
与‘烦恼的，不安的’相对，表示情绪稳定、无扰动
与‘混乱的’相对，表示环境或心态平和
与‘不安的’相对，表示冷静自持
与‘烦恼的’相对，表示宁静安详
与‘精神失常的’相对，表示心理状态健全稳定
disturbed 表示人感到不安，disturbing 表示事物令人不安
disturbed 是形容词，disturb 是动词，用法不同
disturbed 指心理或情绪不安，distorted 指形状、声音或事实被歪曲
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