worked up（常作形容词，口语）
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I got worked up over nothing.
我为了一点小事就激动（焦虑）起来了。
She was so worked up by the criticism that she couldn’t focus on the rest of the meeting, even though she tried to stay calm.
批评让她情绪非常激动，尽管她努力保持冷静，还是无法专注于会议的后半段。
work 原义为“工作、运作、使发生”，短语里带有“把情绪或状态‘推动’到某个程度”的感觉；up 常表示“上升、加剧、达到更高程度”。因此 worked up 很自然地发展出“被刺激到更激动/更紧张”的口语含义；而在“计划/材料被 worked up”中，则保留了“把东西做出来、加工整理完成”的意思。
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