unnerve

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.
    — to unnerve the arm
  2. To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of.
    — I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country.

词形变化

unnerves present,singular,third-person unnerving participle,present unnerved participle,past unnerved past

词汇关系

衍生词
unnervingly

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.
Proto-Germanic *anda-
Proto-West Germanic *anda-
Old English and-
Old English on-
Middle English on-
English un-
English nerve
English unnerve
From un- + nerve.
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