Word · Frequency #21162
disconcertingly
使人窘迫地；令人不安地
in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- 1.
In a disconcerting manner; upsettingly.
令人不安地；使人惊慌地。
令人不安地；使人惊慌地。；使人窘迫地；令人仓皇失措地
In use
The office was disconcertingly quiet on a Monday morning.
She remained disconcertingly calm throughout the whole argument.
The two reports were disconcertingly similar, so we read them again.
disconcertingly + adjective
副词修饰形容词，表示“在令人不安的程度上”。
The results were disconcertingly similar.
这些结果令人不安地相似。
verb + disconcertingly
副词放在动词后，描述动作带有使人窘迫或不安的方式。
She laughed disconcertingly.
她笑得令人难堪。
disconcertingly, + clause
作评注性状语，修饰整个句子，表达说话人对所述事实的评价。
Disconcertingly, no one answered the phone.
令人不安的是，没有人接电话。
Common mistakes
She smiled disconcerting.She smiled disconcertingly.
修饰动词 smiled 应用副词；disconcerting 是形容词，不能修饰动词。加 -ly 变成 disconcertingly，表示“以令人不安的方式微笑”。
The news was disconcertingly.The news was disconcerting.
be 动词后应接形容词作表语说明主语性质；disconcertingly 是副词，不能单独作表语。去掉 -ly 用 disconcerting，表示“这个消息令人不安”。
Connections
Collocations
- disconcertingly calm
- 平静得令人不安
- His voice was disconcertingly calm as he delivered the bad news.他报出坏消息时，声音平静得令人不安。
- disconcertingly cheerful
- 高兴得让人不自在
- She remained disconcertingly cheerful after so many setbacks.经历这么多挫折后，她仍然高兴得让人不自在。
- disconcertingly honest
- 坦诚得令人难堪
- The report is disconcertingly honest about the company's failures.这份报告对公司失败的坦诚程度令人难堪。
- disconcertingly similar
- 相似得令人不安
- The two outcomes were disconcertingly similar despite different approaches.尽管方法不同，两个结果却相似得令人不安。
- disconcertingly enough
- 令人不安的是
- Disconcertingly enough, no one seemed to notice the error.令人不安的是，似乎没有人注意到这个错误。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：dis-（不）+ concert（协调），场面不协调，令人仓皇失措。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、新闻报道、文学评论 该词多用于书面或较正式的表达，表示以令人不安或尴尬的方式；日常口语中较少出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words all share the suffix sound /ɪŋli/, but none rhymes exactly with disconcertingly /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrtɪŋli/. Disturbingly is the closest because it also has the stressed vowel /ɜːr/, but its following consonant is /b/, not /t/. The other -ingly words have different stressed vowels and are only spelling/suffix lookalikes, not true rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.