unnerving

英 [ˌʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌnˈnɜːrvɪŋ]

adj.  令人担心的; 令人不安的
v.  使紧张; 使恐惧; 使丧失信心
unnerve的现在分词

现在分词：unnerving　

医学

Collins.1 / BNC.22473 / COCA.25562

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人担心的；令人不舒服的
  If you describe something asunnerving, you mean that it makes you feel worried or uncomfortable.
  1. It is very unnerving to find out that someone you see every day is carrying a potentially deadly virus.
     发现朝夕相处的人竟携带着一种可能致命的病毒是一件令人很不安的事情。
  2. ...her unnerving habit of continuously touching people she was speaking to.
     她与人说话时老是碰触对方的恼人习惯

双语例句

• Contractions can be unnerving, but she's fine.
  阵痛可能会导致不适，不过她很好。
• It'sa little unnerving on this.
  这只是有些难以适应。
• Used to paddling in steep, narrow creeks, I found this experience unnerving and awkward.
  习惯了在陡峭、狭窄的小河上涉水，我发现这种体验会让人丧失勇气，而且并不雅观。
• The apps and hardware that we spend most of our waking hours with-and the most money on-tend to be the most complex, clunky, and unnerving.
  事实上我们工作中用得最多、花最多的钱买回来的软件和硬件往往也是最复杂、最笨拙、最让人焦头烂额的货色。
• So far, though, the financial wobbles, however unnerving, look like a healthy repricing of risk.
  但到目前为止，金融波动尽管令人无限沮丧，但看来不失为一种健康的风险重估。
• Meeting a twin brother I didn't know I had was an unnerving experience.
  遇到一个我不晓得是自己的双胞胎兄弟使我不知所措。
• It's bit unnerving to be accosted by a complete stranger as you walk along the street.
  在街道上走路时有陌生人上来搭讪，真有些吓人。
• But after some time, I found the drafts make moaning noises more than peaceful whistles, the floorboards creak an irritating, and rather unnerving sound, and the cozy little walls to be suffocating.
  过了一段时间，我发现那冷风发出的声音远不是口哨般宁静，而是一种类似于呻吟的噪声。地板吱吱作响，发出让人恼怒不知所措的声音。
• The calmness and certainty with which she shared such bizarre news was almost as unnerving as the news itself.
  如此的奇谈怪论，她说来却那么平静、确然无疑，这几乎和她所说的事情本身一样让人犯怵。
• It is unnerving to imagine what a bigger crisis might have entailed.
  想象一下比这更大的危机可能意味着什么，令人不安。