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单词 discomfit
释义  dis·com·fit /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ verb [transitive] formal  EMBARRASSEDto make someone feel slightly uncomfortable, annoyed, or embarrassed 使〔某人〕窘迫，使〔某人〕尴尬 He was discomfited by her silence. 她的沉默使他感到窘迫。 —discomfiture noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdiscomfit• But the lack of historical perspective was discomfiting.• It was a strange, discomfiting and disorientating landscape.• It was plain that the two great detectives were discomfited by each other's presence.• Her brief, elliptical poems, most written in the 1850s and 1860s, sorely discomfited some but greatly delighted others.• Foley's announcement discomfited some Democrats.• Whatever he was saying clearly discomfited the librarian.Origin discomfit (1200-1300) Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire “to destroy”, from confire “to make”dis·com·fit verbChineseSyllable   Corpus to feel make uncomfortable, or annoyed, embarrassed someone slightly
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