discomfit

英 [d?s'k?mf?t] 美[d?s'k?mf?t]

GRE

第三人稱單數:?discomfits;過去式:?discomfited;過去分詞:?discomfited;現在分詞:?discomfiting;名詞:?discomfiture;

discomfit 使窘迫

來自法語，dis-, 不，非，使相反，com-,強調，-fit, 做，詞源同fact. 即使功虧一匱的，使失敗的，后詞義受discomfort影響，使不舒服，窘迫。

discomfort 不舒服

dis-, 不，非，使相反。comfort ,舒服。

discomfit: discomfit: [14] The underlying etymological sense of discomfit is ‘destroy’. It comes from desconfit, the past participle of Old French desconfire ‘defeat’; this in turn was a descendant of Vulgar Latin *disconficere ‘destroy, undo’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘un-’ and conficere ‘put together, complete, accomplish’ (source of English comfit, confection, and confetti). Its original English meaning ‘defeat’ has weakened over the centuries to ‘disconcert’, probably due to the influence of discomfort, with which it is often confused.
=> comfit, confection, confetti
discomfit (v.): c. 1200, as an adjective, from Old French desconfit "vanquished, defeated," past participle of desconfire "to defeat, destroy," from des- "not" (see dis-) + confire "make, prepare, accomplish," from Latin conficere (see confection).

Used as a verb in English from c. 1300. Weaker sense of "disconcert" is first recorded 1520s in English, probably by confusion with discomfort. Related: Discomfited; discomfiting.

1. The teacher is completely discomfit by the unexpected question.: 老師被那意外的問題完全擾亂(楞住了).

3. Flash forth lightning, and scatter them; Send forth Your arrows, and discomfit them.: 6求你發出閃電, 使仇敵四散; 射出你的箭, 使他們潰亂.