Word · Frequency #23723
disconcert
使尴尬；使窘迫；使慌乱
to make someone feel embarrassed or lose their composure
- 1.
To upset the composure of; to startle.
扰乱镇定；使惊慌。
- 2.
To bring into confusion.
使困惑
- 3.
To frustrate, discomfit.
使挫败,使窘迫
扰乱镇定；使惊慌。；使困惑；使挫败,使窘迫；使仓皇失措；打乱(计划等)
In use
The sudden change of plan disconcerted the whole team.
She was disconcerted by the interviewer's rude question.
It disconcerts me when people talk loudly on the phone in a quiet library.
disconcert + noun phrase
The sudden change of plans disconcerted the entire team.
计划的突然改变使整个团队感到慌乱。
be disconcerted + (by/at) + noun phrase
常用于被动语态，表示受影响的状态。
She was disconcerted by his blunt manner.
她被他直率的态度弄得不知所措。
it disconcerts + someone + that-clause
Connections
Collocations
- be disconcerted by
- 因…而慌乱不安
- The teacher was disconcerted by the students' silence.学生们沉默不语，老师感到慌乱不安。
- disconcerting experience
- 令人不安的经历
- It was a disconcerting experience to walk into an empty office.走进空荡荡的办公室是一次令人不安的经历。
- find it disconcerting
- 觉得…令人不安
- Many people find it disconcerting to speak in public.许多人对当众讲话感到不安。
- disconcerting news
- 令人不安的消息
- The disconcerting news made everyone worry.这条令人不安的消息让大家都很担心。
Synonyms
- unsettle
- 使不安；使心烦意乱 · 较正式，指使人失去平静或安适，程度中等；不一定有慌张或尴尬之意。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 dis（不）+ concert（协调）→ 一切不协调、乱了套，让人慌乱窘迫。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary narrative、public speech disconcert 比较正式，多用于书面语或文学叙述，表示使人失去镇定、感到慌乱或窘迫。日常口语中更常用 upset 或 embarrass。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 disconcert 同韵的词有 assert /əˈsɜːt/、insert /ɪnˈsɜːt/、convert /kənˈvɜːt/、invert /ɪnˈvɜːt/、dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/，重读音节均含 /ɜːt/。注意：concert 作名词读 /ˈkɒnsət/，与 disconcert 的 /sɜːt/ 不同韵，别被拼写误导。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.