Disconcerting
[ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ] or [ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrtɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) causing an emotional disturbance; 'his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly'- Herb Caen; 'an upsetting experience' .
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解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcert
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例句/造句/用法:
- If that did not happen, and if the belt was made taut suddenly, the armature burned out--which it did with disconcerting frequency. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- At last he said: 'So startling an announcement, so confidently made, and by such lips, is really disconcerting in the last degree. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Riviere took this onslaught with a disconcerting humility. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The inquiry, though a simple one, was plainly disconcerting, and he sat down before replying. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It was a disconcerting lift of the curtain, and the mortification of Candaules' wife glowed in her. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- But I suppose, my dear,' hinted the cherub, as he folded the letter after a disconcerting silence, 'that we must make the best of it? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Perhaps that is the reason why Arnold Bennett's description of the siege of Paris in The Old Wives' Tale is so disconcerting to many people. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Ideas, most of the time, cause them genuine distress, and are as disconcerting as an idle office boy, or a squeaky telephone. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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