unnerves

英 [ˌʌnˈnɜːvz]

美 [ˌʌnˈnɜːrvz]

v.  使紧张; 使恐惧; 使丧失信心
unnerve的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使担忧；使烦恼
  If you say that somethingunnervesyou, 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。

双语例句

• Going to the dentist really unnerves me.
  去看牙医真的让我很焦虑！
• This is a child for whom life is never simple, a child who hears and sees and feels everything intensely, a child who can be overcome by emotion so fast sometimes that it unnerves us all.
  对这个孩子来说，人生永远不是简单的事，他激烈地听、看、感受一切，有时他很快陷入伤感，使每个人感到气馁。
• The US and its allies should remember it is engagement more than confrontation that unnerves the mullahs.
  美国及其盟友应当记住，接触比对抗更能让宗教领袖们精神紧张。
• He's quite a sociable baby but I think it unnerves him to have so many strangers in the room.
  他是一个很不怕生的婴儿，但我认为房间里这么多的陌生人使他胆怯。