| 单词 | discompose |
| 释义 | dis·compose 1. < do not be discomposed by the opinions of inept persons — Norman Douglas > < he was still discomposed by the girl's bitter and sudden retort — James Joyce > 2. < the wind ruffled her hair, discomposed her dress > 3. obsolete Synonyms: < her look so discomposed him that he stopped, wandered, and began anew — Charles Dickens > < the even temperament of his mind was never discomposed, and at each moment he was able always to decide, and to do, what the moment required — J.A.Froude > disquiet denotes a making uneasy, a causing loss of security and peace of mind < Roylance drove a motorcar well but audaciously, so that he disquieted the nerves of those who accompanied him — John Buchan > < he was indubitably … restless and disquieted, his disquietude sometimes amounting to agony — Matthew Arnold > disturb now applies to the effect of care, strain, conflict, worry, or disappointment in interfering with or confusing accustomed mental and nervous processes < nothing is more disturbing than the upsetting of a preconceived idea — Joseph Conrad > < I slept, indeed, but I was disturbed by the wildest dreams — Mary W. Shelley > < a very badly disturbed child, one whom it would take a long, tough struggle to straighten out — J.N.Bell > perturb applies to the worrisome or disturbing results of uncertainty, disappointment, or danger < in this perturbed state of mind, with thoughts that could rest on nothing, she walked on — Jane Austen > < and a presence of mind which no emergency can perturb — C.W.Eliot > agitate suggests show of obvious signs of nervous excitation and loss of self-control and calm < she was too agitated to sit down. She lit a cigarette but her lips trembled and she could not smoke it — Audrey Barker > < Clara was so agitated that she was incoherent — Margaret Deland > < an infernal spirit which agitates them and makes them tremble — J.G.Frazer > upset applies to any nervous unsettling, slight or serious < what upset me in the … trial was not the conviction, but the methods of the defense — H.J.Laski > < Prospero, upset by a plot to murder him, philosophizing on the insubstantial quality of life — C.S.Kilby > fluster suggests confused or bewildered agitation in which one cannot act decisively or entirely rationally < the Sognings were a people of even temperament, not easily flustered; they bore the affliction with remarkable calmness and fortitude — O.E.Rölvaag > flurry suggests natural agitation, excitement, or confusion induced by haste, rush, and concern < thoughts with their attendant visions, which occupied and flurried her too much to leave her any power of observation — Jane Austen > < he recognized her and sat down immediately, flurried and confused by his display of excitement — Liam O'Flaherty > |
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