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disturbingly

/dih-stur-bing/US // dɪˈstɜr bɪŋ //UK // (dɪˈstɜːbɪŋ) //

令人不安的是,令人不安地,令人担忧的是,令人担忧地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as interribly

Examples

  • A disturbing notice from the IRS, coded “CP21C,” informed recipients that the agency was offsetting their stimulus payments because of a possible federal debt they owed — from 14 years ago.

  • Over the weekend, I saw a disturbing number of people on social media say they only want the Moderna or Pfizer shots, and would reject the J&J vaccine if it was the only option available to them.

  • New York Attorney General Letitia James called the incident with the 9-year-old “deeply disturbing and wholly unacceptable,” adding that her office was “looking into” the matter.

  • The sound design, like the disturbing sound of a blade cutting through flesh, is equally excellent.

  • McCarthy’s office told Axios that the comments are “deeply disturbing” and said he “plans to have a conversation with the Congresswoman about them.”

  • This is why arguments for little to no federal oversight of education are so disturbing.

  • It would almost be less disturbing if he was showing some kind of sign he was a homicidal maniac.

  • But this same Christmas story and message should be unsettling, even disturbing, to those of us who are well off.

  • You kind of just have to watch it, but be warned you may find it disturbing.

  • The item on federal prisoners was disturbing in a different way.

  • Suddenly he shot a disturbing glance at Tressan's face, and the corner of his wild-cat mustachios twitched.

  • They clattered through the outlying bazaar without disturbing a soul.

  • It becomes impossible to use the combination pedals without disturbing the stops and couplers of the Pedal department.

  • What might be of a disturbing nature in the old farmhouse could not, she thought, be as fearsome as the approaching tempest.

  • To overcome these three disturbing factors a very ingenious form of balance has been devised.