Word · Frequency #23723
disconcerts
使尴尬;使窘迫;使慌乱
disconcerts is the third person singular of disconcert.
核心释义
to make someone feel embarrassed or lose their composure
- 1.
扰乱镇定;使惊慌。
To upset the composure of; to startle.
- 2.
使困惑
To bring into confusion.
- 3.
使挫败,使窘迫
To frustrate, discomfit.
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)
用法In use
The sudden change of plan disconcerted the whole team.
用法提示:disconcerted 是 disconcert 的过去式,作及物动词,表示‘使……慌乱、不知所措’。
She was disconcerted by the interviewer's rude question.
用法提示:was disconcerted by 是被动结构,强调‘因……而感到局促不安’。
It disconcerts me when people talk loudly on the phone in a quiet library.
用法提示:disconcerts 是一般现在时第三人称单数,后接宾语 me,表示‘使我不安’。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
拆成 dis(不)+ concert(协调)→ 一切不协调、乱了套,让人慌乱窘迫。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
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