upset的意思|upset的解释-里氏词典

Upset \Up"set`\, n.
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an
overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.

Upset \Up*set"\, v. t.
1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] ``With sail on mast
upset.'' --R. of Brunne.

2.
(a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by
hammering on the end.
(b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting,
originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a
carriage; to upset an argument. ``Determined somehow to
upset the situation.'' --Mrs. Humphry Ward.

4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves
of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]

5. (Basketwork) To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so
as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the
like; also, to form (the side) in this manner.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Upset \Up*set"\, v. i.
To become upset.

Upset \Up"set`\, a.
Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the
phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the
minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an
auction, the price at which property is set up or started by
the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be
sold.

After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset
price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. --Sir W.
Scott.

Nor has the flow of rights issues upset share prices to date. However, most strategists agree that share prices will remain vulnerable until there is further indication that the UK economy is securely on the recovery trail.
After years of such treatment, the editors were upset with the less-deferential treatment given them by the new French owners.
What upset her most was that Robbie's family would not acknowledge either his talent or his homosexuality.
The congressmen of course claim they are upset because he lied to them, but in 10 hours of questioning they failed to make that case.
Some were particularly upset that Vogel used an office Christmas party in the final weeks of the investigation to catch people off-guard and possibly record their conversations on tape, Crouch said.
But Brazilian soccer has been in turmoil recently, largely because of the ill will of glamorous, big-city teams upset at a schedule that forces them to play teams from smaller areas that don't draw big crowds.
West German officials, cautious not to upset their exporters with a more costly mark, have rejected an European Monetary System realignment.
Wall Street traders, who have been nervously hanging onto their Koppers shares as one court case after another threatened to upset the takeover, were ecstatic yesterday.
Salomon has upset some bond managers by this month including Italy in its world index, because some doubt whether Italian debt can any longer be regarded as of high quality. The use of equity indices can be controversial, too.
An increasingly strong lobby in Malaysia's stockbroking industry, upset over Singapore's proposal to cut some brokerage commissions, is pressing for the withdrawal of all Malaysian stocks from the Singapore Stock Exchange.
In 1913, Notre Dame's football team upset Army 35-13 in a game at West Point that popularized the forward pass, and brought attention to Notre Dame's team captain, Knute Rockne.
'No possibility should be excluded, either in the selection of assets to be sold, the identity of the buyer, or the size of the shareholding for sale,' he told the seminar. The speech upset Mr Dehaene's socialist coalition partners.
The girl, who turned 18 on Wednesday, also said she is upset that the media has portrayed her as mentally retarded, according to a copyright interview in The Record of Hackensack.
Its core objection centres on the way the agricultural text excludes from the permitted subsidies the compensation payments envisaged under EC plans to reform its Common Agricultural Policy. Many pitfalls remain to upset the round.
You don't want to get yourself too upset about these things."
The Commission said that the turmoil on the world's financial markets late last year has "increased the uncertainties in the world economy" and upset earlier economic predictions for a 2.5 percent average growth in the Common Market.
A large oil spill or political upset in the Middle East could throw out all the clever calculations.
I mean, the whole family is so upset.
Some faculty members at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are upset that a physicist who publicly supported researchers' claims of achieving cold fusion may win tenure, a newspaper reported today.
But where self-interest lies isn't entirely clear when one may be taking a toxic drug that can upset an otherwise normal blood count, even as it attacks a lethal virus.
He called me about 3 in the morning and absolutly cried because he was so upset.
Al Binder, Nixon's attorney, said the former judge "is very concerned and I'm sure he's upset." "I'm hopeful when they hear the whole story that they'll give him some consideration and not revoke his parole," Binder said.
But his beatification has upset many Catholics, not least among the Jesuit community who mistrust Opus Dei's conservative bent. Critics say he is being beatified with undue, even offensive, haste.
Some Republicans are particularly upset that their leaders, Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas and Rep. Robert Michel of Illinois, seemed resigned to tax increases after joining their Democratic counterparts at a meeting with Mr. Bush Sunday night.
Scalia noted that the judge permitted the televised appearance on the basis of testimony of a social worker that the child would be upset.
Young has been pushing casinos as a way to bring jobs and tourism to a city with a 9.6 percent unemployment rate, but he acknowledges the advisory vote is likely to fail. "If we win, it will be the upset of all upsets," he said.
Mr Patten called for 'calm and constructive and rational discussions'. The vehemence of Beijing's objections upset Hong Kong's stock market, which has fallen 7 per cent in the past two days.
It is not yet clear that the production difficulties which slowed sales and upset the US Food and Drug Administration have finally been solved.
Many were upset that a federal court judge ordered miners off a private bridge leading to the plant and limited the number of pickets to 15.
Prof Catford denies any misuse of public funds. Mr Redwood said yesterday that he was 'very upset' by the scandals.

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