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词汇 discommode
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Definition of discommode in English:

discommode

verb ˌdɪskəˈməʊdˌdɪskəˈmoʊd
[with object]formal
  • Cause (someone) trouble or inconvenience.

    〈正式〉给…添麻烦;使不便

    I am sorry to have discommoded you

    抱歉给你添麻烦了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Do we believe he would really be that discommoded to find himself in such splendid company?
    • We don't want, in any way, to discommode people.
    • The standard of diversion signs, etc were not up to standard and the Council have apologised to the people discommoded.
    • And in all of that time I can honestly say that I have never noted any of them being seriously discommoded by the demands of parenthood.
    • I suspect there's no law against it, but considering the obvious discommoding this causes for residents in the area, it is a practice I would certainly frown on.
    • Obviously if you are espousing change, it's going to discommode and upset certain people.
    • We want also to express our concern and sympathy to any person in the community who was discommoded by students' activities during Rag Week.
    • Others are discommoded because a constituency colleague has won preferment.
    • He said that while he was extremely relieved that no device was found, it was appalling that patients were discommoded and upset in this way.
    • There are people living close to the terminal who will be seriously discommoded by the project and there are some who genuinely have fears for their health if the terminal project goes ahead.
    • There will be people who are so discommoded that compensation will not make them happy but, for most, compensation will prove a soothing balm.
    • It is a reasonable assumption to conclude that the latter have decided to wreck the agreement and the British will not discommode them.
    • We obviously do not want to discommode people, and I understand their reaction to a degree, but the other gates of the park are open.
    • Players and travelling fans are being discommoded in great numbers to satisfy those who stay at home.
    • His colleague is similarly discommoded by the party's incoherent response to recent events.
    • Some may feel discommoded by the new arrangements.
    • My family has already been discommoded by my career.
    • People who are genuinely discommoded should be compensated in order to facilitate the provision of infrastructure which will benefit the entire community.
    • ‘It is incumbent upon him to better communicate with those who are discommoded by this incident,’ he added.
    • He might similarly be discommoded by firefish, I continued, which are easier to spot but no less hurtful.
    Synonyms
    disturb, trouble, worry, inconvenience, put out, impose on, pester, badger, harass, molest, plague, beset, torment, nag, hound, dog, chivvy, harry, annoy, upset, irritate, vex, provoke, nettle, try someone's patience, make one's hackles rise

Derivatives

  • discommodious

  • adjective
    formal
    • A precocious big sister enumerates the discommodious nature of babyhood in this sassy tale.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But there are those other people who prefer the Truth, however untidy and discommodious it may be.
      • In addition, the assembling operation is discommodious by the use of the additional part.
      • But the switch between batch dealing and alone dealing is discommodious.
      • Each presents notational issues not found in previous times, which the performer might find discommodious.
  • discommodity

  • noun
    formal
    • But whatever be the form of the discommodity, its intensity nearly always increases with the severity and the duration of labour.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Whyever a man would choose to put his life at risk and venture out into the perilous discommodity of a frozen wilderness as an occupation is beyond my understanding.
      • Given the impact of one's decisions on a wider group of people, oughtn't government intervene to prevent that wider discommodity?
      • We are more troubled with sickness, than comforted with health and so by the discommodity of sickness, we come to understand the commodity of health.
      • Those teeth, which are atypical are more difficult to clean, they are under greater strain therefore they can be loosened and lost sooner, while possibly causing aesthetic discommodity.

Origin

Early 18th century: from obsolete French discommoder, variant of incommoder (see incommode).

Definition of discommode in US English:

discommode

verbˌdiskəˈmōdˌdɪskəˈmoʊd
[with object]formal
  • Cause (someone) trouble or inconvenience.

    〈正式〉给…添麻烦;使不便

    I am sorry to have discommoded you

    抱歉给你添麻烦了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He might similarly be discommoded by firefish, I continued, which are easier to spot but no less hurtful.
    • It is a reasonable assumption to conclude that the latter have decided to wreck the agreement and the British will not discommode them.
    • My family has already been discommoded by my career.
    • We want also to express our concern and sympathy to any person in the community who was discommoded by students' activities during Rag Week.
    • I suspect there's no law against it, but considering the obvious discommoding this causes for residents in the area, it is a practice I would certainly frown on.
    • Obviously if you are espousing change, it's going to discommode and upset certain people.
    • We don't want, in any way, to discommode people.
    • ‘It is incumbent upon him to better communicate with those who are discommoded by this incident,’ he added.
    • His colleague is similarly discommoded by the party's incoherent response to recent events.
    • The standard of diversion signs, etc were not up to standard and the Council have apologised to the people discommoded.
    • We obviously do not want to discommode people, and I understand their reaction to a degree, but the other gates of the park are open.
    • Players and travelling fans are being discommoded in great numbers to satisfy those who stay at home.
    • And in all of that time I can honestly say that I have never noted any of them being seriously discommoded by the demands of parenthood.
    • There will be people who are so discommoded that compensation will not make them happy but, for most, compensation will prove a soothing balm.
    • There are people living close to the terminal who will be seriously discommoded by the project and there are some who genuinely have fears for their health if the terminal project goes ahead.
    • Some may feel discommoded by the new arrangements.
    • Others are discommoded because a constituency colleague has won preferment.
    • He said that while he was extremely relieved that no device was found, it was appalling that patients were discommoded and upset in this way.
    • People who are genuinely discommoded should be compensated in order to facilitate the provision of infrastructure which will benefit the entire community.
    • Do we believe he would really be that discommoded to find himself in such splendid company?
    Synonyms
    disturb, trouble, worry, inconvenience, put out, impose on, pester, badger, harass, molest, plague, beset, torment, nag, hound, dog, chivvy, harry, annoy, upset, irritate, vex, provoke, nettle, try someone's patience, make one's hackles rise

Origin

Early 18th century: from obsolete French discommoder, variant of incommoder (see incommode).

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