Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #3776
upset
冷门；意外获胜
an unexpected victory by a person or team not expected to win
- 1.
Disturbance or disruption.
干扰或中断
- 2.
an unhappy and worried mental state
心烦意乱；忧虑
- 3.
An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
竞争者或候选人意外获胜
- 4.
the act of disturbing the mind or body
扰乱；使不安
- 5.
An overturn.
翻倒
- 6.
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
身体不适；紊乱
- 7.
An upset stomach.
胃部不适
- 8.
An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
上集；部分有序集的子集,若x在U且x≤y,则y在U中
- 9.
The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.
飞机的飞行姿态或速度超出设计范围,可能导致失控的危险情况
- 10.
A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.
支撑篮子立柱的编织行
（肠胃）不适；失调；心烦意乱；不安；混乱；干扰；扰动；翻倒；倾覆；上闭集；上集合
In use
The final match was an upset because the youngest player beat the defending champion.
Their win over the top-ranked team was one of the biggest upsets in the tournament.
Nobody expected that result—it was a complete upset.
she didn't realize the upset she caused me
his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
Connections
Collocations
- upset stomach
- 胃部不适
- She had an upset stomach after eating too much spicy food.她吃了太多辣的食物后胃不舒服。
- emotional upset
- 情绪不安
- The sudden news caused her great emotional upset.这突如其来的消息让她情绪非常不安。
- major upset
- 重大冷门
- The defending champion's defeat was a major upset.卫冕冠军的失利是一个重大冷门。
- cause an upset
- 制造冷门
- The underdog caused an upset by winning the final.这支黑马爆冷赢得了决赛。
- suffer an upset
- 遭遇冷门
- The top seed suffered an upset in the first round.一号种子在第一轮就遭遇了冷门。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 upset 拆成 up + set：set 好的局面被 up 掀翻，所以指“翻倒/打乱”，引申为比赛爆冷、心里不安。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports、politics、elections 在表示“冷门、意外获胜”时，多用于体育比赛、政治选举等竞争性场合，属于中性且常见的用法，正式和非正式语境中都可以使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词（set, bet, get, let, net, wet）与 upset 的重读元音 /ɛ/ 和尾音 /t/ 完全匹配，形成真押韵。注意形近词如 sunset /ˈsʌn.set/ 和 offset /ˈɒf.set/ 虽以 -set 结尾，但重音在第一个音节，读音不同，不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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