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disquieted

/dis-kwahy-it/US // dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪt //UK // (dɪsˈkwaɪət) //

忧心忡忡,忧虑的,忐忑不安,忧心忡忡的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to deprive of calmness, equanimity, or peace; disturb; make uneasy: The news disquieted him.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. uneasy; disquieted.

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Examples

  • A few years before, he would have gone home, no more disquieted at having killed an Indian than if he had killed a fox or a wolf.

  • It might be imagined that the proximity of human intelligence disquieted them, and that they revolted against it.

  • The night following I could not sleep, and was disquieted in conscience, especially on account of the money.

  • Even what she had heard disquieted her conscience; and next day she said she scarcely reckoned as a maiden lady any longer.

  • Gerard made no reply; but there was a look in his face which mightily disquieted his employer.