discomfort

noun

/dɪsˈkʌmfət/

/dɪsˈkʌmfərt/

(formal)

[uncountable] a feeling of slight pain or of being physically uncomfortable轻微的病痛；不舒服；不适
- You will experience some minor discomfort during the treatment.治疗中你会稍感不适。
- abdominal discomfort腹部不适
- He became conscious of a growing discomfort.他感到越来越不舒服。
- I didn't have much discomfort after the operation.手术后我并未觉得很不舒服。
- Not eating late at night should help to relieve the discomfort.避免深夜进食应有助于减轻不适。
- Some of the patients complained of discomfort.其中一些病人主诉有不适感。
- You may experience some slight discomfort after the operation.手术后你会感到稍稍有些不适。
- You should be able to drive without discomfort after about two weeks.大约两周之后你就可以开车了，不会感到任何不适。
- the discomfort associated with wearing a wig戴假发引起的不适
Topics Illnessc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- acute
- considerable
- extreme
- …
… of discomfort
- amount
- degree
verb + discomfort
- complain of
- experience
- feel
- …
preposition
- in discomfort
- with discomfort
- without discomfort
- …
phrases
- pain and discomfort
- pain or discomfort
- the discomfort associated with something
- …
[uncountable] a feeling of worry or being embarrassed不安；不自在；尴尬 synonym unease
- John's presence caused her considerable discomfort.约翰在场使她颇感尴尬。
- I could sense their discomfort at what I was saying.我能感觉到他们对我所说的话感到不舒服。
- I tried not to show my discomfort with the situation.我尽量不表露出我对境况的不安。
- Paula smiled, enjoying her sister's discomfort.看到姐姐难堪的样子，葆拉幸灾乐祸地笑了。
- Sensing her discomfort, he apologized for mentioning her boyfriend.觉察到她的不自在，他为提到她的男友道歉。
- The revelations caused some discomfort to the president.披露的事件使总统有些尴尬。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- obvious
- growing
- …
verb + discomfort
- cause
- enjoy
- notice
- …
discomfort + verb
- grow
- increase
phrases
- a sense of discomfort
[countable] something that makes you feel uncomfortable or causes you a slight feeling of pain使人不舒服的事物；苦事；痛苦
- the dangers and discomforts of a life at sea海上生活的危险和不适

词源Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘dishearten’): from Old French desconforter (verb), desconfort (noun), from des- (expressing reversal) + conforter ‘to comfort’, from late Latin confortare ‘strengthen’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis ‘strong’.

discomfort

verb

/dɪsˈkʌmfət/

/dɪsˈkʌmfərt/

[often passive] (formal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they discomfort	/dɪsˈkʌmfət/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərt/
he / she / it discomforts	/dɪsˈkʌmfəts/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərts/
past simple discomforted	/dɪsˈkʌmfətɪd/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərtɪd/
past participle discomforted	/dɪsˈkʌmfətɪd/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərtɪd/
-ing form discomforting	/dɪsˈkʌmfətɪŋ/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərtɪŋ/

to make somebody feel anxious or embarrassed使不舒服；使不安；使尴尬
- be discomforted (by something) Many patients complained of being discomforted by the doctor’s manner.许多病人抱怨被医生的态度弄得很不舒服。
Topics Feelingsc1
词源Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘dishearten’): from Old French desconforter (verb), desconfort (noun), from des- (expressing reversal) + conforter ‘to comfort’, from late Latin confortare ‘strengthen’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis ‘strong’.