/dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ vt.1.(embarrass or confuse)使不安；使困惑；使尴尬
The woman's reply clearly discomfited the interpreter.女子的回答显然把翻译弄糊涂了。
The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.反对派领导人常弄得他在国会下不来台。
to be discomfited by sth因…而感到不安(或困惑、尴尬)
If Berrigan was discomfited by this strange admission, he did not show it.即使贝里根对这个奇怪的任用感到不安, 他也没有表现出来。
2.<古>(defeat)(在战斗、竞赛中)打败, 击溃