disquiet

英 [dɪs'kwaɪət] 美 [dɪs'kwaɪət]

• n. 担心；焦虑
• v. 使不安；使担心

英英释义

Noun:

1. a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

2. the trait of seeming ill at ease

Verb:

1. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;

   "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her disquiet made us uneasy too.
   她的忧虑使我们也很不安。
2. The disquiet will boil over in the long run.
   这种不安情绪终有一天会爆发的。
3. The strength of the dollar is causing considerable disquiet on the stock exchange.
   美元表现坚挺在证券交易所中引起很大的不安。

用作动词 (v.)

1. I must say that bad news disquiet me a great deal.
   我得说那坏消息使我非常不安。
2. Her manner was that of one who is intensely disquieted and dissatisfied.
   她的神态表明她心里乱糟糟,非常烦恼。

经典引文

• The States of the Church and Naples were still in a state of universal disquiet and ferment.

  出自： S. Austin

• My father's moodiness was..not a source of much disquiet or grievance.

  出自： Day Lewis

• A sea, which..was very disquiet.

  出自： T. Underdown

• His mind was disquiet.

  出自： Thackeray

• This..was profoundly disquieting. It baffled me. It scared me.

  出自： R. D. Laing

• What worried Paris could also disquiet Moscow and Damascus.

  出自： H. Kissinger

近反义词

【近义词】

• unrest 不安
• anxiety 焦虑
• uneasiness 担忧
• concern 关心
• worry 撕咬
• foreboding 不祥的预感
• alarm 警报
• trouble 困难
• suspense 悬疑
• tension 紧张
• stir 激起
• unhinge 使发狂
• unease 不安
• disorder 混乱
• perturb 使烦恼
• cark 烦恼
• distract 分散
• anxiousness 焦急

【反义词】

• relieve 救济