discomfit是什么意思？

discomfit

英[dɪsˈkʌmfɪt] 美[dɪsˈkʌmfɪt]

• vt. 使为难，使狼狈，使挫折，挫败；

第三人称单数：discomfits;

过去式：discomfited;

过去分词：discomfited;

现在分词：discomfiting;

名词：discomfiture;

例句

• Flash forth lightning, and scatter them; Send forth Your arrows, and discomfit them. 6求你发出闪电, 使仇敌四散; 射出你的箭, 使他们溃乱.
• To cause to feel chagrin ; mortify or discomfit. 使懊恼,使受屈辱,使窘迫.
• The teacher is completely discomfit by the unexpected question. 老师被那意外的问题完全扰乱(楞住了).

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使困惑;使窘迫;使尴尬
  If you are discomfited by something, it causes you to feel slightly embarrassed or confused.
  例句
  He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan... 部长对他计划的不理会将使他特别尴尬。 The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament. 反对派领导人常搞得他在国会中下不来台。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使为难,使狼狈,使窘迫
  He was discomfited by the unexpected questions. 意料不到的问题使得他十分尴尬。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. cause to lose one's composure