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flus·tered /ˈflʌstəd $ -ərd/ adjective NERVOUSconfused and nervous 慌乱的,紧张的 Paul was looking flustered and embarrassed. 保罗看上去神情慌乱,一脸窘迫。 I always get flustered in interviews. 我面试时老是紧张。Examples from the Corpusflustered• For a moment, the professor looked flustered.• If you do get flustered after a mistake then you're likely to make another one.• When she tried to be cheerful she ended up flustered and red-faced, clammy all over.• There was a flustered conference on the tarmac between two groups of officials.• Glancing in, he saw a tall, flustered figure turning away in disgust from the counter.• He entered the house by the front door and was confronted by a flustered maidservant.Origin flustered (1600-1700) Probably from a Scandinavian languageflus·tered adjectiveChineseSyllable nervous Corpus confused and |