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disquieting
使不安；使忧虑
disquieting is the present participle of disquiet.
to make someone worried or anxious
- 1.
To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
使(某人或某事)担忧或焦虑。
使(某人或某事)担忧或焦虑。；打搅；使烦恼；使忧虑；使不安
In use
The sudden silence disquieted everyone in the room.
News of the accident disquiets me deeply.
His strange behavior has been disquieting his parents for weeks.
Verb forms
base disquiet · third person disquiets · -ing disquieting · past disquieted · past participle disquieted
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed
Connections
Collocations
- disquiet investors
- 使投资者不安
- The unexpected drop in share prices disquieted investors across the market.股价意外下跌使整个市场的投资者感到不安。
- deeply disquieted
- 深感不安
- She was deeply disquieted by the sudden change in his behaviour.她对他行为上的突然变化深感不安。
- be disquieted by
- 被……弄得心神不宁
- Many residents were disquieted by the strange noises coming from the empty house.许多居民被空房子里传来的奇怪声响弄得心神不宁。
- disquieting news
- 令人不安的消息
- The disquieting news about the accident quickly spread through the town.关于那起事故的令人不安的消息很快传遍了全镇。
Pop culture & quotes
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?
Learner notes
Memory Tip
disquiet = dis(不) + quiet(安静)：心里不再安静，即感到担忧、焦虑。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary texts、news reports disquiet 作动词时通常用于正式或文学语境，多表示“使担忧、使不安”，在日常口语中较少使用，比较常见于书面叙述或新闻报道。
Pronunciation & Spelling
quiet, diet, and riot share the /aɪət/ sound with disquiet and rhyme with it. quite (looks similar) is pronounced /kwaɪt/ and does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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