
名词 (n.) 不安;忧虑;局促不安的感觉。指内心感到焦虑、担忧或不自在的状态。
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She felt a growing uneasiness as the night went on.
随着夜越来越深,她感到一种日益增长的不安。
His vague answers only added to the uneasiness that had settled over the room, making everyone shift uncomfortably in their seats.
他含糊的回答只是加深了弥漫在房间里的不安气氛,让每个人都在座位上不自在地挪动着。
由 uneasy 加上名词后缀 -ness 构成。uneasy 源自中古英语,前缀 un- 表示"不、非",easy 最初来自古法语 aisié,意为"舒适的、从容的"。因此 uneasiness 的字面含义就是"不舒适、不从容的状态",后来逐渐引申为内心的焦虑与不安。