The sudden change in the experiment's results disconcerted the lab team, prompting them to recalibrate their instruments.
实验结果的突然变化使实验室团队感到不安,促使他们重新校准仪器。
Which choice best defines “disconcert”?
B — To unsettle or disturb; make uneasy.. “disconcert” means To unsettle or disturb; make uneasy..
Which word means “To unsettle or disturb; make uneasy.”?
C — disconcert. “disconcert” means To unsettle or disturb; make uneasy..
disconcert — To unsettle or disturb; make uneasy.. In Chinese: 使不安;使窘迫;使慌乱.
disconcert is pronounced //ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrt//.
The sudden change in the experiment's results disconcerted the lab team, prompting them to recalibrate their instruments. (实验结果的突然变化使实验室团队感到不安,促使他们重新校准仪器。)
unnerve, perturb, fluster — all close in meaning to disconcert (To unsettle or disturb; make uneasy.).
comfort, reassure — each the opposite of disconcert (To unsettle or disturb; make uneasy.).
Yes. disconcert is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
dis(打乱) + concert(协调一致) → 打乱镇定 → 使慌乱不安。