词汇释义

discomfit  TEM8    GRE

UK  /dɪˈskʌm.fɪt/ US  /dɪˈskʌm.fɪt

verb，If you are discomfited by something, it causes you to feel slightly embarrassed or confused.使困惑，使窘迫，使尴尬

外刊例句

1. There is something discomfiting about the idea of getting fantastically rich off someone else’s misfortune, which is what happens when a “short” trade — or bet against a stock or industry — succeeds.(New York Times)

2. Then again, none of that justifies discomfiting you with verbal swipes when you don’t join in the banter.(Washington Post)

3. Ms. Wolf was not the first comic to cause a ruckus; Stephen Colbert’s 2006 appearance so discomfited the tuxedoed audience that Rich Little, an inoffensive impressionist, was invited the following year.(New York Times)

4. Roast-style humor is an odd fit for protocol-oriented Washington, and some comedians praised Ms. Wolf for discomfiting the audience of elite journalists and administration officials.(New York Times)

5. I was consistently more drawn to the discomfiting films, the ones with more political and personal edge.(The Verge)

6. It might be a personally discomfiting one to some, but that’s not a good reason to dismiss the long history of women contributing to tech and instead turn to bad science.(The Verge)

7. Shakespeare restored confidence by keeping things simple, Vardy rediscovered the rabidity which so discomfits defenders, and Schmeichel simply continued being brilliant.(The Guardian)

8. But he was not the least discomfited to see two major winners rise like vultures to challenge his equanimity at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.(New York Times)

9. Stanford Coach David Shaw was more discomfited than entertained after watching Arizona's wild, Hail Mary win over Cal.(Los Angeles Times)

10. Mangala also played superbly well alongside Kompany, providing perhaps the most assured peg in City’s defence in a spiky game that saw Diego Costa, as he will, disrupt and discomfit the home team.(The Guardian)

11. The difference between Sharapova at the start and finish of the match was huge – her serve took a set and a half to find its groove and Stosur’s energy clearly discomfited her opponent.(Reuters)

12.Open's marquee stage, and experienced a sensation that was new and discomfiting: a kind of quiet more often associated with the New York Public Library than the tennis world's biggest cocktail mixer.(Seattle Times)

词汇搭配

be discomfited by

词汇来源

c. 1200, discomfiten, "to undo in battle, defeat, overthrow," from Anglo-French descomfiter, Old French desconfire "to defeat, destroy," from des- "not" (see dis-) + confire "make, prepare, accomplish," from Latin conficere "to prepare," from com- "with" (see com-) + combining form of facere "to make, to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put").General sense of "defeat or overthrow the plans or purposes of" is from late 14c. Weaker sense of "disconcert" is first recorded 1520s in English, probably by confusion with discomfort. Related: Discomfited; discomfiting.

近义词

abash, confound, confuse, disconcert, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus

反义词

calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothe,buoy, embolden, encourage, hearten, assure, reassure

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