English Dictionary

upset the natives

動詞

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upset, native. / To offend local sensibilities.

日本語の意味

現地の人々の感性を冒涜し、怒りを買う / 現地住民を侮辱し、怒らせる

The archaeologist's careless excavation could upset the natives who still regard the site as sacred.

考古学者の不注意な発掘は、その場所を今も聖地とみなしている先住民を動揺させる可能性がある。

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upset, native.

意味（2）

To offend local sensibilities.

I have learned the most about culture when I have been involved as a consultant in trying to help an organization deal with specific issues on which it needed some help. The issue here is that in the normal flow of things cultural data are unintentionally concealed; the natives are not conscious of what it is they take for granted. The researcher then has the problem of how to observe phenomena that occur at that level without, at the same time, upsetting the natives by delving into areas that may be defined by them as private, or even unwittingly intervening in those cultures by raising questions that the natives may never have thought about.

upsets the natives （ present singular third-person ）

upsetting the natives （ participle present ）

upset the natives （ participle past ）

upset the natives （ past ）