1N-UNCOUNT 不舒服;不适Discomfort is a painful feeling in part of your body when you have been hurt slightly or when you have been uncomfortable for a long time. 不舒服;不适
She carried her left arm at an awkward angle, as if it were causing her discomfort.
1slight pain輕微的疼痛ADJECTIVE | ... OF DISCOMFORT | VERB + DISCOMFORT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤acute, considerable, extreme, great, severe極其難受;相當難受;非常不舒服➤growing越來越不舒服◇He became conscious of a growing discomfort.他感到越來越不舒服。➤little, mild, minimal, minor, slight輕微的不適◇You may experience some slight discomfort after the operation.手術後你會感到稍稍有些不適。➤obvious明顯的不適▸➤bodily, physical身體不適➤abdominal, chest, etc.腹部、胸部等不適... OF DISCOMFORT➤amount, degree不適程度VERB + DISCOMFORT➤complain of, experience, feel, get, have, suffer主訴不適;感到不舒服◇Some of the patients complained of discomfort.其中一些病人主訴有不適感。◇I didn't have much discomfort after the operation.手術後我並未覺得很不舒服。➤cause引起不適▸➤ease, lessen, minimize, reduce, relieve減輕不適;緩解不適◇Not eating late at night should help to relieve the discomfort.避免深夜進食應有助於減輕不適。PREPOSITION➤in discomfort不舒服◇He appeared to be in great discomfort.他看上去很難受。➤with discomfort, without discomfort感到/沒有感到不舒服◇You should be able to drive without discomfort after about two weeks.大約兩週之後你就可以開車了,不會感到任何不適。PHRASES➤pain and discomfort, pain or discomfort疼痛與不適;疼痛或不適➤the discomfort associated with sth由⋯引起的不適◇the discomfort associated with wearing a wig戴假髮引起的不適discomfort
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2embarrassment難堪ADJECTIVE | VERB + DISCOMFORT | DISCOMFORT + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great非常難堪➤obvious明顯的難堪➤growing越來越難堪➤a little, slight有點兒難堪VERB + DISCOMFORT➤cause引起不安◇The revelations caused some discomfort to the president.披露的事件使總統有些尷尬。➤enjoy幸災樂禍◇Paula smiled, enjoying her sister's discomfort.看到姐姐難堪的樣子,葆拉幸災樂禍地笑了。➤notice, sense注意到/覺察到難堪◇Sensing her discomfort, he apologized for mentioning her boyfriend.覺察到她的不自在,他為提到她的男友道歉。➤hide隱藏難堪➤show顯出難堪◇I tried not to show my discomfort with the situation.我盡量不表露出我對境況的不安。DISCOMFORT + VERB➤grow, increase不安加劇PHRASES➤a sense of discomfort不適感;不安感;感到難堪