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单词 discomfort
释义
discomfort
(dɪskʌmfəʳt )
Word forms: discomforts
1. uncountable noun
Discomfort is a painful feeling in part of your body when you have been hurt slightly or when you have been uncomfortable for a long time.
She carried her left arm at an awkward angle, as if it were causing her discomfort.
Steve had some discomfort, but no real pain.
Synonyms: pain, suffering, hurt, smarting  
2. uncountable noun
Discomfort is a feeling of worry caused by shame or embarrassment.
He sniffed, fidgeting in discomfort, uneasy at the suggestion.
She hears the discomfort in his voice.
Synonyms: uneasiness, worry, anxiety, doubt  
3. countable noun
Discomforts are conditions which cause you to feel physically uncomfortable.
...the discomforts of camping. [+ of]
Collocations:
considerable discomfort
It has already induced considerable discomfort by getting us to identify with, and even like, its grotesque central character.
Times, Sunday Times
He can go three ways: straight into the arms of honesty; into the arms of popularity; or stick half-way, in considerable discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
Hot drinks caused considerable discomfort with 1,722 hospital visits, a steady rise over the past ten years.
Times, Sunday Times
Things got worse from there for him, because he was unable to have the telephone removed by himself and was in considerable discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
He was playing in his first grand-slam final against an opponent in considerable discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
ease discomfort
You may also be prescribed aminosalicylate and immunosuppressant medications to help keep symptoms in check, taken with painkillers to ease discomfort.
The Sun
You might also want to think about using a dilator, which will ease discomfort and pain during penetration.
Times, Sunday Times
A few days wearing a knee support afterwards will help to ease discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
In extreme cases, flashes can be treated to ease discomfort, using prescription medications or by using over-the-counter plant estrogens and herbal remedies.
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Moisturizing and after-sun or calamine lotions can help to ease discomfort in the case of burns.
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emotional discomfort
These different representations of the self can be contradictory and result in emotional discomfort.
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Such feelings would cause intense emotional discomfort, driving them to dismiss the scientific evidence in favor of weak anecdotal evidence and distorted self-reflection.
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Nevertheless, it created some emotional discomfort and an underlying tension.
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experience discomfort
When you experience discomfort in your meditation, imagine it's the discomfort of people you care about.
Times, Sunday Times
The idea that the rich should experience discomfort even when it confers no benefit to anyone else.
Times, Sunday Times
This caused riders to often experience discomfort and neck injuries from whiplash.
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However, we can intersubjectively verify that people almost universally experience discomfort (hunger) when they haven't had enough to eat.
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As the aircraft climbs or descends, passengers may experience discomfort or acute pain as gases trapped within their bodies expand or contract.
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express discomfort
There, attendees express discomfort at their rebel status.
Times, Sunday Times
A person who encounters that of which they are phobic will often show signs of fear or express discomfort.
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Some people expressed discomfort with the idea of such a party, but many others gratefully welcomed the opportunity to attend.
Christianity Today
Expresses discomfort, hunger or thirst.
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extreme discomfort
A draught on the back of the neck can lead to extreme discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
I sense among them, with very few exceptions, an extreme discomfort with their power.
Christianity Today
She also says she needed to put herself in a place of extreme discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
All were in extreme discomfort throughout.
Times, Sunday Times
They travel for more than 100 hours in conditions of such extreme discomfort that campaigners have been protesting for decades.
The Sun
feel discomfort
It's not that they'll never feel discomfort, but they were able to get on board.
Christianity Today
Touch-sensitive people appear to feel discomfort or even pain from sensations that most of us find non-threatening or even pleasurable.
Times, Sunday Times
You have a right to not feel discomfort with the simple act of receiving your pay.
Globe and Mail
The subject may feel discomfort and anxiety, which may make sleep more difficult and of inferior quality.
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It would be a rare person who could look at this illustration without feeling discomfort in their own hands.
Times, Sunday Times
feeling of discomfort
Normally you would try to resist the feeling of discomfort and hold on to the feeling of comfort, but what happens when you reverse it?
Times, Sunday Times
My feeling of discomfort could hardly be worse if it were my trousers rather than the hula hoop now hanging around my ankles.
The Sun
And when he got kicked there again he still has a feeling of discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
And after chatting to half a dozen people aged 20 or so, you are left with an odd feeling of discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
The term hunger, which describes a feeling of discomfort from not eating, has been used to describe undernutrition, especially in reference to food insecurity.
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general discomfort
I often say that field scientists are impervious to cold, heat, bad food and general discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
The experiment was immediately followed by headache lasting for some hours, general discomfort of the system, and half an hour after by slight shivering fits.
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Sometimes other symptoms may occur, such as fatigue, fever and a general discomfort or sick feeling.
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Since service began, there have been many complaints about the trainsets, citing general discomfort, together with seating that faces opposite the direction of travel.
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The most common symptoms are general discomfort, headache, stomach awareness, nausea, vomiting, pallor, sweating, fatigue, drowsiness, disorientation, and apathy.
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initial discomfort
His initial discomfort with the request, the total resistance to it from his agent and publishers, were honestly caught.
Times,Sunday Times
I believe people willingly persevere through their initial discomfort because they yearn to be heard and loved.
Christianity Today
It's designed to thin the lining of the womb, so cramping and spotting should be reduced and any initial discomfort or irregular bleeding usually settles within the first few weeks.
The Sun
He kept playing through the initial discomfort but then had to miss the last three months of the season.
Times, Sunday Times
mild discomfort
Most people sail through the test with 80 per cent saying that they felt no pain and at worst mild discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
You feel mild discomfort for about a week.
The Sun (2013)
This is less painful than waxing but some people report mild discomfort.
The Sun (2012)
The impact of this denervation can range from mild discomfort to neurotrophic corneas.
Francisco Bandeira, Nur Zahira Yusoff, Gary Hin-Fai Yam, Jodhbir Singh Mehta 2019, 'Corneal re-innervation following refractive surgery treatments', Neural Regeneration Research
minimal discomfort
My treatment took less than half an hour and was definitely worth the minimal discomfort - but at this price deodorant has to be a better option.
The Sun
If growing in a container, try to get hold of a two to three-year-old standard so that the thorns cause minimal discomfort when tending.
Times, Sunday Times
Some advocate the ability to climb and descend stairs with minimal discomfort as an indication to permit full, or at least progressive, weight-bearing.
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The advantages of this technique are minimal discomfort, ease of operations, and immediate return to work or school.
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minor discomfort
Recalling this astonishingly stoic performance almost succeeded in persuading me to stop bleating about my own minor discomfort, but not quite.
Times, Sunday Times
I got away with mostly minor discomfort during my pregnancies.
The Sun
In these classes, rough edges were smoothed, stagecraft was installed, and years of struggle were downsized into months of minor discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
Pain can range from minor discomfort to severely incapacitating pain.
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The first involves minor discomfort that may diminish during inter course.
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obvious discomfort
He sent down only two overs after tea, and did so while in obvious discomfort.
Times,Sunday Times
His own hundred, completed despite being in obvious discomfort, meant nothing alongside the result.
Times, Sunday Times
Day, 28, was in obvious discomfort after hitting his drive at the 15th hole.
The Sun
He received treatment from the club's medical staff and limped off in obvious discomfort with his campaign almost certainly over.
Times,Sunday Times
But he was in obvious discomfort as he began hitting wedges and short irons, although he seemed to be regaining some flexibility.
The Sun
physical discomfort
Experiments also showed that healthy subjects who had recently acted selflessly experienced less physical discomfort from needle jabs and electric shocks.
Times,Sunday Times
The physical discomfort shows itself in his involuntary efforts to swallow.
Times, Sunday Times
While this approach may have prevented the physical discomfort of looking directly at the sun, it did nothing to prevent damage-causing infrared radiation.
Smithsonian Mag
They usually involve small amounts of 'delay, boredom and physical discomfort', but they make society run smoothly, from which we all benefit.
Times, Sunday Times
She had betrayed no obvious signs of vocal or physical discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
severe discomfort
However, research highlights that beliefs and expectations about the severe discomfort and its impact on one's life and functioning are key to the pain experience.
Times,Sunday Times
He said he could only walk 50 yards before experiencing 'severe discomfort' and that it would take him 10 to 15 minutes to cover that distance.
Times, Sunday Times
Her diary entries, included here, are all about severe discomfort, exhaustion and light-headedness.
The Times Literary Supplement
It also ignores the fact that patients in severe discomfort are likely to up the quantity and strength of analgesics to prescription painkillers, risking other complications.
Times, Sunday Times
When the skin thaws, pain and severe discomfort can occur in the affected area.
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slight discomfort
You should only feel slight discomfort and in some cases be able to extend the stretch.
The Sun
They look similar to calluses but have one or more tiny black pinpoints and can cause slight discomfort and make it feel as though you are walking on a pebble.
The Sun
He practises this, starting in a position of slight discomfort which eases as the meditative experience develops.
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The medical people say that, having been off for so long, you are going to have these slight discomforts.
Times, Sunday Times
suffer discomfort
A person or animal trying to pass through or over barbed wire will suffer discomfort and possibly injury.
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He told the panel that she had been unhappy with the appearance and suffering discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
Things seemed fine until a month ago, when he suffered discomfort in his right hip when throwing a right cross.
Times, Sunday Times
Even at night he suffers discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times
Many others suffered discomfort in the form of bruises and minor fractures.
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Translations:
Chinese: 不舒服
Japanese: 不快感
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