- 1心亂如麻、慌得不知所措
If someone is distraught, they are so upset and worried that they cannot think clearly. The feeling fills the whole mind: they may cry, pace, talk in circles, or fail a simple question — not because they are foolish, but because there is no quiet space left for thought. You hear it after bad news: a lost child, a sudden accident, a family fight that has gone too far. It is a strong word. Ordinary exam nerves are “worried” or “stressed”; distraught is closer to “I cannot think straight.” It is a little more written and news-like than everyday chat, though people do say it when they want you to feel how serious the upset is. It describes a person, or their face, voice, or state — a distraught mother, a distraught look — not a noisy object. Though actually, it is not anger. An angry person may still think clearly; a distraught person often cannot.
From the word’s history
Middle English blend of distract and straught 'stretched'.
中古英文混合 distract「分心」與 straught「被拉扯」。
組成From Middle English distraught, a blend of distract (“pulled away in the mind”) and straught, an old past form of stretch. The picture is a mind pulled and stretched until it cannot rest.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
distraughtadj/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/
- 1
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
- His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.
- […]Karius was a danger to his own team, responsible for Madrid’s two other goals and last seen wandering aimlessly around the pitch – alone, distraught and clearly traumatised – to ask forgiveness, hands clasped, from the thousands of Liverpool supporters.
- 2
Mad; insane.
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