Discomfit
[ dɪs'kʌmfɪt ]
出国 Abroad
vt. 使为难;使狼狈;使挫折;挫败;
📝 例句
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）。
🌱 联想助记
【记】dis-前缀“不”,com-前缀“共同”,fit-适合:大家共同认为你的穿着不适合,这时你倍感难堪
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
discomfit
v[Tn]
(fml 文) confuse or embarrass (sb) 使（某人）困惑、 尴尬或狼狈
be discomfited by rude questions 因他人提出的问题粗鄙而感到尴尬.
🔁 扩展释义
*[dis'kʌmfit]vt. 打乱, 挫败, 使破灭
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Oh, you know I never answer that question, Harvey.
噢 你知道我从不回答这类的问题 Harvey。
Dinner is on me.
晚饭我请客。
When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord.
当我们说“他罪有应得”这句话的时候，我们部分承认了某种特定的环境使得正义自动地起了作用。