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- lack of physical comfort不舒服, 不适：
the discomforts of too much sun in summer.
夏天阳光太强烈带来的不适。
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- mass noun slight pain轻微疼痛：
the patient complained of discomfort in the left calf.
病人主诉左小腿有些痛。
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- mass noun a state of mental unease（精神上的）不安, 不适：
his remarks caused her discomfort.
他的话给她带来了不安。
with obj.
1- make (someone) feel uneasy使不安, 使不适：
the unknown leaker's purpose was to discomfort the Prime Minister.
那个匿名泄密者的目的是让首相不安。
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- often as adj. discomforting cause (someone) slight pain使感到轻微疼痛：
if the patient's condition has discomforting symptoms, these should be controlled.
如果病人有轻微疼痛的症状, 就应加以控制。
词源
Middle English （as a verb in the sense 'dishearten， distress'）： from Old French desconforter (verb)， desconfort (noun)， from des- (expressing reversal)+conforter 'to comfort' （see COMFORT）.