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单词 disturbed
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disturbed

adjective
/dɪˈstɜːbd/
/dɪˈstɜːrbd/
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  1. mentally ill, especially because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences
    • a special school for emotionally disturbed children
    • His behaviour is deeply disturbed.
    Which Word? Talking about mental healthTalking about mental health
    • Do not use the words mad or crazy to describe somebody who is suffering from a real mental illness. Say instead that somebody has mental health issues/​problems or is mentally ill:
      • I have experienced mental health issues since the age of 14.
      • a charity that helps mentally ill people live independently
    • Disturbed can be used to describe somebody who has mental health issues because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences:
      • He works with emotionally disturbed children.
    • Insane is a formal or old-fashioned term used to describe somebody suffering from a serious mental illness and unable to live in normal society:
      • The question is, was the man insane when he committed the crime?
      However, insane is more often used in informal English to describe somebody who is not suffering from a mental illness, but whose mind does not work normally, especially because they are under pressure. This meaning is used in the phrases go insane and drive somebody insane.
    Extra Examples
    • Many of our patients are severely disturbed.
    • Some of the people on the ward are very disturbed.
    • Their father seems to be seriously disturbed.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • deeply
    • highly
    • seriously
    See full entry
  2. unhappy and full of bad or horrible experiences
    • The killer had a disturbed family background.
  3. very anxious and unhappy about something
    • I was deeply disturbed and depressed by the news.
    • I felt vaguely disturbed by the incident.
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • become
    adverb
    • deeply
    • greatly
    • profoundly
    preposition
    • by
    See full entry
  4. compare undisturbed
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