unsettle

unsettle是英語中的動詞，具有及物與不及物雙重用法，核心含義為引發不安或動盪。其及物用法指通過外部因素使對象失去安定狀態，如"使動搖""使心神不寧"；不及物用法表示事物自身呈現不穩定狀態。

該詞通過破壞既有平衡來表現波動性，既可描述個人心理擾動（如轉學影響兒童情緒），也可指涉巨觀現象（如金融市場動盪）。語義覆蓋物理位移、心理焦慮及社會秩序失衡等多個維度，常見搭配包括unsettle the market（擾亂市場）等。詞形變化包含unsettles（三單）、unsettled（過去式/形容詞）等形態，派生詞unsettling（形容詞）進一步擴展其套用場景。

該詞源於中古英語時期，由否定前綴"un-"與動詞"settle"（安定）複合構成，遵循英語反義詞構詞邏輯。隨著語言演變細化出雙重動詞功能，16世紀後逐漸確立其在描述不穩定狀態中的常用詞地位。

基本介紹

• 外文名：unsettle
• 詞性：動詞
• 英式讀音： [ʌnˈsetl]
• 美式讀音：[ʌnˈsetl]

單詞釋義

英 [ʌnˈset(ə)l] 美 [ʌnˈset(ə)l]

vt. 使動搖；使不安定；使心神不寧

vi. 不安；動盪不定

[ 第三人稱單數 unsettles 現在分詞 unsettling 過去式 unsettled 過去分詞 unsettled ]

單詞用法

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

unsettle /ʌnˈsɛtəl/ CET6 TEM8 ( unsettling, unsettled, unsettles )

1.V-T If something unsettles you, it makes you feel rather worried or uncertain. 使不安

短語搭配

unsettle the market 擾亂市場

unsettle a person's mind 使某人心緒不寧

to unsettle 感到不安

unsettle e 使不安 ; 使人不安 ; 攪亂

To startle or unsettle 這項爭議仍未解決 ; 那奇怪的聲音使我們嚇了一跳

Nothing can unsettle his resolution 什麼也動搖不了他的決心

mess up confuse unsettle 擾亂

雙語例句

• Changing schools might unsettle the kids. 轉學會讓孩子心情不能安穩。
• There is a triffid-like menace that may unsettle delicate spirits. 如同巨型植物的造型的威脅意味也許會使一些纖細的心靈動搖不安。
• That tea will unsettle varnish on a table. 那樣的茶能把桌上的漆都燙壞了。
• Will a change of schools unsettle the child? 轉學會擾亂孩子的情緒嗎？
• More traditional fears also unsettle China's neighbours. 還有更多的遺傳的恐懼令中國的鄰國不安。
• Despite all I know, new incidents of bigotry unsettle me. 儘管我知道，新的事件的偏執情緒不安的我。
• There is enough force in this accusation to unsettle Mr Rudd. 這樣的指控足以令陸先生感到不安。
• Shake your head as you will, Nelly, you have helped to unsettle me! 你要搖頭儘管搖，耐莉，你幫助他使我不得安寧！
• They are looking to say things which will disrupt you and unsettle you. 他們總是談論那些會擾亂你並讓你不安的東西。
• Instead of being comforting, most detective novels unsettle their readers. 大多數偵探小說使讀者感到不安，而不是慰藉。
• At minimum, that would unsettle Japan to the north and the Philippines to the south. 起碼，這可以令以北的日本和以南的菲律賓如坐針氈。
• Many Europeans see covering one's face as a security threat; and it seems to unsettle them. 許多歐洲人都認為將面孔蒙起來會威脅社會安全；他們看起來對這種做法感到不安。
• Were the arrests an attempt to unsettle Rio and gain the upper hand in the negotiations? 逮捕力拓雇員是否是為了令力拓不安，以及在談判中占得上風？
• He will also use every possible device to unsettle our faith in God and in the truths of His Word. 他也必運用一切可能的詭計，使我們對於上帝和祂聖言真理的信心動搖。
• Broader contention over the disputed seas could unsettle ties between Asia's two biggest economies. 圍繞該海域更大的爭議可能會使這兩個亞洲經濟大國關係緊張。
• The most important thing is not to over-react or be distracted by stories designed to unsettle the club. 最重要的是不要反應過度，或者被那些有意破壞俱樂部關係的報導干擾。
• The most important effect of the new appreciation, however, was to unsettle German plans for the defense. 然而，對局勢全新的解析最重要的影響是打亂了德國的防禦計畫。
• You work as hard as humanly possible while trying to unsettle fellow students by claiming to have done nothing at all. 你拼了命地學習，卻聲稱什麼都沒有做，試圖讓你的同學感到不安。
• Injuries always play a part. It does unsettle the balance of the team at times and sometimes we do have to rethink. 傷病也是一個方面，這有時候會影響到我們的平衡。有時候必須三思。
• This ugly, vulgar, hard, hermetic, hardly eye-catching, hardly football style, yes it served the Dutch to unsettle Spain. 這醜陋、粗俗、難受、不可理喻、黯淡的風格不是足球所需要的。是的，荷蘭隊用它給西班牙製造了麻煩。
• And yet. American policy in asia-or, just as often, the lack of it-retains the power to unsettle its friends in the region. 然而，美國對亞洲的政策(或者說常常缺少的亞洲政策)仍然保留著與該地區的“好朋友”反目的權力。
• Arse ne Wenger has been operating without a Director of Football throughout the summer because he did want to unsettle his side. 在這個夏天，溫格已經在沒有足球主管協助的情況下展開了市場運作，因為他不希望讓球隊陷入不安。
• That would “greatly unsettle moral objections to the death penalty”, argue Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule, two law professors. 那將“極大地擾亂對死刑的道德上的反對”，兩位法律教授CassSunstein和AdrianVermeule說。
• However, Wenger decided against bringing in someone to assist him with transfer dealings as he did not want to unsettle his team. 然而，溫格在安排誰來協助他完成轉會事務上依然舉棋不定，因為他不希望讓球隊不安。
• They pull the cheap tricks of B-list movies: ominous voiceovers, fade-in text, music and camera angles designed to unsettle the viewer. 他們採用了二流電影的廉價噱頭：不祥的畫外音、漸入式字幕、令觀眾不安的音樂和拍攝角度。