3[countableC]COMFORTABLE# something that makes you feel uncomfortable or gives you a slight pain 令人不适的事物
the discomforts of air travel
乘飞机旅行的不适
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discomfort• There can be no question of her discomfort.• When Eisenhower fell into the trap, Khrushchev crowed over his discomfort and demanded an apology or a repudiation of presidentialresponsibility.• His discomfort was extreme and obvious, but he did his best to ignore the pain in his usualstoicmanner.• All was revealed, including my discomfort.• There's a limit to the amount of discomfort anyone can put up with.• My immediateinstinct for humor hid my own discomfort.• The disease causes acutephysicaldiscomfort.• But the heat was more seen than felt, more hallucination than discomfort.• A cushion will help ease the discomfort of sitting on the floor.• Because of this discomfort he set about developing an air-cushioned sole with his engineerfriend Herbert Funck.• But there was enough esprit de corps among our group to overcome this discomfort with a minimum amount of grumbling.
1slight pain輕微的疼痛ADJECTIVE | ... OF DISCOMFORT | VERB + DISCOMFORT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤acute, considerable, extreme, great, severe極其難受;相當難受;非常不舒服➤growing越來越不舒服◇He became conscious of a growing discomfort.他感到越來越不舒服。➤little, mild, minimal, minor, slight輕微的不適◇You may experience some slight discomfort after the operation.手術後你會感到稍稍有些不適。➤obvious明顯的不適▸➤bodily, physical身體不適➤abdominal, chest, etc.腹部、胸部等不適... OF DISCOMFORT➤amount, degree不適程度VERB + DISCOMFORT➤complain of, experience, feel, get, have, suffer主訴不適;感到不舒服◇Some of the patients complained of discomfort.其中一些病人主訴有不適感。◇I didn't have much discomfort after the operation.手術後我並未覺得很不舒服。➤cause引起不適▸➤ease, lessen, minimize, reduce, relieve減輕不適;緩解不適◇Not eating late at night should help to relieve the discomfort.避免深夜進食應有助於減輕不適。PREPOSITION➤in discomfort不舒服◇He appeared to be in great discomfort.他看上去很難受。➤with discomfort, without discomfort感到/沒有感到不舒服◇You should be able to drive without discomfort after about two weeks.大約兩週之後你就可以開車了,不會感到任何不適。PHRASES➤pain and discomfort, pain or discomfort疼痛與不適;疼痛或不適➤the discomfort associated with sth由⋯引起的不適◇the discomfort associated with wearing a wig戴假髮引起的不適discomfort
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2embarrassment難堪ADJECTIVE | VERB + DISCOMFORT | DISCOMFORT + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great非常難堪➤obvious明顯的難堪➤growing越來越難堪➤a little, slight有點兒難堪VERB + DISCOMFORT➤cause引起不安◇The revelations caused some discomfort to the president.披露的事件使總統有些尷尬。➤enjoy幸災樂禍◇Paula smiled, enjoying her sister's discomfort.看到姐姐難堪的樣子,葆拉幸災樂禍地笑了。➤notice, sense注意到/覺察到難堪◇Sensing her discomfort, he apologized for mentioning her boyfriend.覺察到她的不自在,他為提到她的男友道歉。➤hide隱藏難堪➤show顯出難堪◇I tried not to show my discomfort with the situation.我盡量不表露出我對境況的不安。DISCOMFORT + VERB➤grow, increase不安加劇PHRASES➤a sense of discomfort不適感;不安感;感到難堪