unsettle

词根词缀:

词根
set= to fix 放, 安置

inset v. 插入

in 进入 + set 放,安置 → 放进去 → 插入

reset v. 重放

re 重新 + set 放,安置 → 重放

settle v. 固定;安居

sett〔= set〕放,安置 + le 表动词 → 放好 → 固定

unsettle v. 使…不安宁

un 不 + settle 固定;安居 → 无法安置 → 使…不安宁

upset v. 打翻

up 向上 + set 放,安置 → 翻个底儿朝天 → 打翻

upset adj. 弄翻的;不安心的

upset n. 翻倒;心烦意乱

数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全

相关例句:

Her behaviour was beginning to unsettle the other kids.

她的行为开始使其他孩子不安起来。

The uncertainty is likely to unsettle capital markets.

上述不确定局面很可能会让资本市场感到不安。

Mismatched policies and dueling factions could unsettle the regime.

政策错位和派系斗争可能会动摇政权。

Just because of how they might unsettle your life or rob you of your precious time?

就只因为他们会使你的生命混乱吗?或因他们会夺去你的宝贵时间?

However, Wenger decided against bringing in someone to assist him with transfer dealings as he did not want to unsettle his team.

然而,温格在安排谁来协助他完成转会事务上依然举棋不定,因为他不希望让球队不安。

Joe Oreton's play of Black Humor seeks to unsettle the audiences by laughing at pain, suffering, or serious emotion; it has an affinity with sick jokes and the theatre of the absurd.

在奥兰顿的黑色幽默剧本中,作者通过对悲痛、苦难或严肃情感的嘲笑逆观众感到不安,剧本与黑色笑话和荒诞旅喜剧有着密切的联系。