unnerve

verb

1. 使紧张；使恐惧；使丧失信心
   to make sb feel nervous or frightened or lose confidence
   1. His silence unnerved us.
      他的沉默令我们心里发慌。
   2. She appeared strained and a little unnerved.
      她看起来神色不安，有点心慌。

1. VERB 使担忧；使烦恼
   If you say that something unnerves you, you mean that it worries or troubles you.
   1. The news about Dermot had unnerved me...
      关于德莫特的消息让我很担心。
   2. Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her face.
      托尼对她的样子异常熟悉，这很让他烦恼。

1. The news about Dermot had unnerved me
   关于德莫特的消息让我很担心。
2. Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her face.
   托尼对她的样子异常熟悉，这很让他烦恼。
3. He hoped to unnerve Kennedy and force him into concessions.
   他只希望动摇肯尼迪的信念，迫使他让步。
4. The conversation then veered into a hilarious account of his golf game with Donald Trump, in which two flamboyant entrepreneurs vied to see who could most unnerve the other with unrepeatable wisecracks.
   随后，交谈的内容转到了他与唐纳德•特朗普之间有趣的高尔夫比赛，两位个性鲜明的企业家都力图用俏皮话来让对方退缩。
5. The Warsaw-born artist has created a piece that the gallery fully expects will unnerve and unsettle visitors.
   对于这件由出生在华沙的艺术家创作的雕塑作品，美术馆认为参观者很可能会感到精神紧张、惶惶不安。
6. The logical 21st-century update would take aim at our relationship with technology, but Mr. Brooker said he wanted to deliberately unnerve the viewers rather than scold them.
   21世纪合乎逻辑的更新版无疑是针对人与技术之间的关系，但布鲁克说，他希望故意令观众烦躁不安，而不是去责骂他们。
7. That said, it would be a high-risk manoeuvre, liable to unnerve advertisers, while providing competitors with the opportunity to steal customers and key staff.
   但这可是高风险策略，既容易引起广告客户的不安，又为竞争对手提供了挖走客户和重要员工的机会。
8. Brooklyn resident Jean McKenna said she did not let extensive media coverage unnerve her.
   布鲁克林区的居民简·麦肯纳说，她没有让铺天盖地的媒体报导使自己焦躁不安。
9. While the situation showed signs of stabilising on Sunday as engineers succeeded in restoring power to two of the reactor buildings, there are now growing fears of food contamination from the radiation leaks to further unnerve investors.
   尽管随着工程人员成功恢复向该核电站的两座反应堆供电，局势在周日出现趋稳迹象，但现在食品受到辐射泄漏污染问题引发了人们越来越大的担心，这进一步打击了投资者的信心。
10. That is not a slogan likely to unnerve Beijing.
    这可不像是可能让北京方面不安的口号。
11. Whenever Chelsea, Liverpool and the European Cup are discussed, the question is always how Jose Mourinho's side will cope with an Anfield crowd that appeared to unnerve them two years ago.
    无论何时，人们讨论切尔西、利物浦和欧冠时，争论焦点总在于何赛·穆里尼奥的穆家军如何对付两年前让他们心力交瘁的安菲尔德红军。
12. If economies sink back into recession, further fiscal expansion could unnerve markets.
    如果经济再次陷入衰退，进一步的财政扩张可能会令市场紧张。
13. Tumbling stock markets and credit crunches always unnerve.
    不断下挫的股市和信贷紧缩总是令人失去勇气。
14. The large increase in Chinese inventories has coincided with a wave of broader macroeconomic concerns and a fresh bout of fears over Europe to unnerve investors.
    在中国库存大幅上升的同时，对于宏观经济的更广泛担忧以及新的一波对欧洲形势的担忧困扰着投资者。
15. Lou felt that they were wandering from the point, and that in digression Alexandra might unnerve him.
    娄感到他们离开了话题，而在闲扯中，亚历山德拉可能使他遭受挫折。
16. The shift in its outlook could unnerve investors as it confirms the long held concerns of analysts that the group would be unable to sustain its fast pace of expansion without giving clear indications of where future growth would come from.
    富士康的前景发生变化，可能会让投资者紧张，因为这证实了分析师们长期抱有的忧虑，即该集团在不能明确说明未来增长将来自何处的情况下，将无法保持快速的扩张速度。
17. To unnerve someone, often as a tactic to beat them in a game or deal.
    使对方丧失勇气，常作为一种策略，在比赛或交易中击败之。
18. Global stock markets suffered heavy losses on Monday as concerns about a slowdown in the US economy and the fallout from the credit squeeze continued to unnerve investors.
    全球股市周一大幅下跌，对美国经济减速和信贷危机后续影响的担心继续惊扰投资者。
19. The prospect of a fiery death can unnerve even the bravest warrior.
    这种浑身焦黑，面目难辨的惨烈死状，即便最为悍勇的敌军亦会望而却步。
20. This lack of clarity is starting to unnerve some connected with the deal, one of whom describes the process to date as "like sending a ball into a dark tunnel".
    这种缺乏清晰度的情况，正开始让某些涉及交易的人士感到不安，其中一位把迄今的过程形容为“就像把球投入一条黑暗的隧道”。
21. But gloomy data should retain the power to unnerve.
    但惨淡的经济数据应仍有震慑力。

verb

1. disturb the composure of

   Synonym:    fazeenervateunsettle