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dis·com·fit /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ vt. | n.
I vt.
1. 打乱；挫败；使破灭
Our plans were discomfited by budget cuts. 我们的计划被预算的削减打乱了。
2. 使困惑；使窘迫
The professor was discomfited by a question he couldn't answer. 这位教授由于回答不了一个问题而感到很窘。
3. 〈古〉(在战场上)打败，击溃
II n.
〈废〉= discomfiture
[< OFr desconfire to undo, destroy < DIS-² + confîre to make < L conficere to finish up, destroy] |