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

• 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。
• The three-hour drive was unnerving; the students were so introverted that neither spoke.
  这趟3小时的路程令人坐立不安；那二名学生十分内向，都不开口说话。
• I have an unnerving sensation that someone is giving me a hotfoot in my left shoe.
  我有一种令人紧张的感觉，好像有人在我的左鞋里恶作剧。
• Have you recently had any unnerving discussions with your boss?
  最近和老板有过什么交谈让你感到身心俱疲吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 truck pulled out of the lot, its bulk unnerving against the dawn.
  卡车从空地上开出来，庞大的车身小心翼翼地避让着草坪。
• Later on, a few months after these deep unnerving feelings, I got a phone call from my little brother.
  这种身心疲惫的感觉持续了几个月后，我接到了弟弟的电话。
• Sometimes, that's actually a little unnerving.
  有时，这确实有点让人紧张。