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discomfit

音標[dis'k?mfit] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 打亂, 挫敗, 使破滅

詞型變化:

動詞過去式:discomfited 過去分詞:discomfited 現在分詞:discomfiting 第三人稱單數:discomfits 

英文解釋:

動詞 discomfit:

  1. cause to lose one's composure
    同義詞:upset, discompose, untune, disconcert

例句:

  1. He was discomfited by the unexpected questions.
    意料不到的問題使得他十分尷尬

詳細解釋:


dis.com.fit

v.tr.(及物動詞)
dis.com.fit.ed,dis.com.fit.ing,dis.com.fits
To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert.See Synonyms at embarrass
使窘迫,使困惑;使驚慌參見 embarrass
To thwart the plans of; frustrate.
使計畫破滅;挫敗
Archaic To defeat in battle; vanquish.
古語 在戰場上打敗;征服
n.(名詞
Discomfiture.
挫敗;困窘

來源:
Middle English discomfiten
中古英文 discomfiten
from Old French desconfit [past participle of] desconfire, descumfire [to defeat]
源自 古法文 desconfit [] desconfire, descumfire的過去分詞 [擊敗]
des- [dis-]
des- [表示.不,除去.的意思]
confire [to make] from Latin nficere [to prepare] * see comfit
confire [製造] 源自 拉丁語 nficere [準備] *參見 comfit

It is true thatdiscomfit originally meant .to defeat, frustrate,. and that its newer use meaning .to embarrass, disconcert,.probably arose in part through confusion withdiscomfort. But the newer sense is now the most common use of the verb in all varieties of writingand should be considered entirely standard.
discomfit 起初確實意為.打敗,挫敗., 該詞的新意義是.使困窘,使窘迫.,這個詞義的生成部分原因,可能是由於和discomfort 的混淆引起。 但是新的詞義現在在各種寫作中是該動詞的最普遍的用法,應被看作是完全標準

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