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unsettle

/uhn-set-l/US // ʌnˈsɛt l //UK // (ʌnˈsɛtəl) //

疏导,纠结,疏导情绪,纠缠

Related Words

disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱perturb扰乱,扰动,扰乱秩序,扰乱了rattle拨浪鼓,拨浪鼓的声音,拨动,拨浪鼓声disquiet忧虑,烦躁不安,焦虑,不安unnerve惊慌失措,惊吓,使人不安,惊恐万状disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是agitate搅拌,鼓动,搅拌器,煽动disorganize杂乱无章,乱七八糟,混乱,乱七八糟的disrupt中断,分裂,分散,破坏down下来,下,下来的,下降jumble杂乱无章,混乱,乱七八糟,乱七八糟的discompose忧虑,扰乱,紊乱,扰乱气氛turn变成,转弯,变成了,转变disarray杂乱无章,混乱,混乱不堪,凌乱throw抛出,扔掉,抛出的,扔掉了derange变态,变形,颠覆,颠倒黑白rummage翻箱倒柜,翻找,翻查,翻阅ruffle褶边,围脖,褶皱,围裙needle针,针刺,针头,针剂

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    un·set·tled, un·set·tling.

    • : to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
    • : to shake or weaken; cause doubt or uncertainty about: doubts unsettling his religious convictions.
    • : to vex or agitate the mind or emotions of; upset; discompose: The quarrel unsettled her.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    un·set·tled, un·set·tling.

    • : to become unfixed or disordered.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbother, upset
Forms: unsettled, unsettling
Synonyms
agitate搅拌,鼓动,搅拌器,煽动confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是disorganize杂乱无章,乱七八糟,混乱,乱七八糟的disquiet忧虑,烦躁不安,焦虑,不安disrupt中断,分裂,分散,破坏disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰perturb扰乱,扰动,扰乱秩序,扰乱了rattle拨浪鼓,拨浪鼓的声音,拨动,拨浪鼓声unnerve惊慌失措,惊吓,使人不安,惊恐万状derange变态,变形,颠覆,颠倒黑白disarrange乱序,紊乱,混乱,错乱disarray杂乱无章,混乱,混乱不堪,凌乱discommode弃权,弃权法,弃用,弃权的方式discompose忧虑,扰乱,紊乱,扰乱气氛disorder紊乱,无序,无秩序,无序的displace置换,取代,转移,换位down下来,下,下来的,下降flurry涌动,涌动的情绪,涌现出的力量fluster流言蜚语,流感,流言四起,流言fuddle浑然一体,灌醉,浑浊,灌输jumble杂乱无章,混乱,乱七八糟,乱七八糟的needle针,针刺,针头,针剂ruffle褶边,围脖,褶皱,围裙rummage翻箱倒柜,翻找,翻查,翻阅sicken使生病,使人作呕,患病,病倒spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异throw抛出,扔掉,抛出的,扔掉了trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难turn变成,转弯,变成了,转变unbalance非平衡,非平衡性,非平衡态,非均衡unhinge解开,解除铰链,卸下铰链,解除铰链的作用dement痴呆症,痴呆症患者,痴呆,痴痴呆呆get to到,到了,到场,到手psych out精神病学,精神病患者,精神病治疗,精神病院put off推迟,延缓,推迟了,推迟执行throw off甩掉,抛出,甩开,扔掉

Examples

  • Noises unsettle him, except in the woods, where he can identify them with precision.

  • The Labor Department released jobless claim numbers on Thursday that suggest a stagnant hiring market newly unsettled by increasing cases of the delta variant in some parts of the country.

  • Meanwhile, regional neighbors are calling for international intervention to prevent further unrest in a country already unsettled by months of street protests against Moïse’s extended rule.

  • One song, “Molasses to Rum,” unsettled many northerners with the revelation that their ancestors were just as complicit in slavery as any Virginia tobacco planter.

  • I was now on a dark path, questioning the limits of human understanding, unsettled by a future filled with big data and small comprehension.

  • Roberts has staked his survival on branding Orman with the label most likely to unsettle undecided Kansans.

  • The flying debris and open sewage were the first of many shocks that would unsettle an unprepared visitor.

  • But her aura of mystery and capricious habits unsettle him, too, and Marcenat discovers Odile having an affair.

  • I could foresee a catastrophe which would for ever unsettle the two towns, and give the valley an unenviable reputation.

  • They were forever settling the matter, positively and finally—but alas, only to have something unsettle it again.

  • They unsettle the popular mind concerning eternal principles of justice.

  • Far be it from me to try to unsettle your mind or lead you any further until you feel that you need leading.

  • The Indian of the plains had as yet seen little to unsettle his assurance of everlasting dominion.

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