disorient
音标发音
- 英式音标 [dɪs'ɔ:rɪent]
- 美式音标 [dɪsˈɔriˌɛnt, -ˈor-]
- 国际音标 [dis'ɔ:rient]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 使 ... 失去方向感; 使 ... 迷惑
词根记忆
- dis(无) + orient(确定方向)→无确定方向的→使失去方向感
- dis(无) + orient(方向)→没有方向→使分不清方向或目标
英汉例句
- I worried whether the barrage of shattering surprises would disorient you.
我担心一连串令人吃惊的倒闭是否将误导你。 - America’s armed forces are also accused of using loud rap music and television theme tunes to disorient and disturb prisoners both in Iraq and Gunatanamo Bay.
美国部队也被指控用很大的敲击音乐和电视主题曲来让关押在伊拉克和关塔那摩囚犯晕头转向。 - Most helicopter crashes in the country have been accidents caused by maintenance problems or factors such as reduced visibility because of dust or sand, which can disorient pilots.
在阿富汗的大部分直升机坠毁是由于维修不善的问题,或者可能是因为灰尘或沙子等因素引发的低能见度迷惑了飞行员,造成操作上的意外。 - Presumably, these stylistic techniques are supposed to disorient the viewer, mimicking the sensory overload that travelers since Mark Twain have noted upon arrival on the subcontinent.
FORBES: Slumming It - Dr Iacopino says that drugs have been used in questioning to disorient prisoners, or to instil fear, but he does not know of any drugs that can force the truth to come out.
ECONOMIST: Drugs cannot make you tell the truth