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单词 unsettling
释义
unsettling
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈset.əl.ɪŋ/us
/ʌnˈset̬.əl.ɪŋ/

unsettlingadjective(CHANGING)

causingchange
造成动荡的；扰乱的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Upsetting and destabilizing
  • bring
  • bringsomeonedown
  • delegitimize
  • destabilization
  • destabilize
  • disruptive
  • disruptively
  • knock/throwsomeonefor a loopidiom
  • loop
  • make wavesidiom
  • put the skids undersomethingidiom
  • rock
  • scupper
  • stir
  • turn
  • unsettle
  • unspool
  • unspooling
  • upset
  • wave
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unsettlingadjective(WORRYING)

causingworryoranxiety:
令人不安的，使人担忧的
One of the documentary's many unsettlingimagesis of achildplayingwith her father'sgun.纪录片中最令人不安的镜头之一是一个小孩在摆弄父亲的枪。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing anxiety and worry
  • alarming
  • alarmingly
  • bite
  • catch up withsomeone
  • come back/home to roostidiom
  • disturb
  • dread
  • frighten
  • frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
  • get/go beyond a jokeidiom
  • givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
  • givesomeonethe jittersidiom
  • rattle
  • roost
  • stresssomeoneout
  • stressful
  • suspenseful
  • swatting
  • tense
  • tenseness
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Related word

unsettle
(Definition ofunsettlingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unsettling| American Dictionary

unsettling
adjective
us
/ʌnˈset·lɪŋ,-ˈset̬·əl·ɪŋ/

unsettlingadjective(CHANGEABLE)

thatcausessudden,unexpectedchanges:
Ariseinunemploymenthas an unsettlingeffecton thestockmarket.

unsettlingadjective(ANXIOUS)

making youfeelanxiousandworried:
Ireceivedthe unsettlingnewsthat I maylosemyjobnextmonth.
(Definition ofunsettlingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunsettling

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The studies reviewed in this chapter point to a consistent minority of language learners who find language learning an uncomfortable andunsettlingexperience.
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Cogsunsettlinggaze is little more than a clever illusion.
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Models which put turbulent particles on circular orbits are, however, somewhatunsettling.
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Despite the sobering and sometimesunsettlingstory he tells, it is a pleasure to read the book.
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With their camp 1500 m below them, this was anunsettlingturn of events.
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Such widespread manipulation of the urban landscape was at once exhilarating andunsettling.
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Attempting to account for thisunsettlingfact, observers have tended to emphasize that medical professionals have the easiest access to the drug.
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What business had the government inunsettlingopinions, disturbing the certainties of identity and outlook?
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We suggest that this is a much more emotional process, which caters to, and impacts upon, each individual in unique and potentiallyunsettlingways.
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However, even thoughunsettlingaudiences was not in his original plans, it was a side effect that he predicted and that he is pleased about.
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However, it is even moreunsettlingwhen biological reasons are given to explain this observation.
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Furthermore, the prospect of yet more surveys tends to have a veryunsettlingeffect on many local authority officers.
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Neither the music video nor the album offer any clues on a ' correct' reading of this song and the resulting effect is quite marvellouslyunsettling.
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Perhaps moreunsettlingthan the double standard in prosecuting the robed brood was the one that existed in actual law enforcement.
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What accounts for the success of theories that were in other respects sounsettling?
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