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Discomfiture

释义 Definition

discomfiture(名词):窘迫;尴尬;难堪(常指因意外或被当众反驳而感到的慌乱与不自在)。也可指挫败(较少见)。

发音 Pronunciation

/ˌdɪs.kəmˈfɪtʃ.ər/

例句 Examples

His sudden question caused her obvious discomfiture.
他突然的提问让她明显感到窘迫。

Much to his discomfiture, the audience laughed at the mistake he tried to explain away.
令他十分难堪的是,观众对他试图搪塞过去的错误发出笑声。

词源 Etymology

来自古法语 desconfit(意为“击败、挫败”),与“使…失败/受挫”的含义相关;后来在英语中常用来描述被“击败”后的心理状态,语义逐渐转向“尴尬、窘迫”。

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文学作品 Literary Works

  • The Portrait of a Lady — Henry James
  • Middlemarch — George Eliot
  • Vanity Fair — William Makepeace Thackeray
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