​​disconcerting 英 /ˌdɪskən'sɜːt/  美 /'dɪskən'sɝt/
[adj] causing one to feel unsettled
[形容词]  令人不安的
【记】concert －没有一致－处于两种环境－进退两难

【经济学人例句】

That, too, is disconcerting. Productivity growth across the developed world has been disappointingly weak in recent decades.
这一点同样令人不安。 近几十年来， 整个发达世界的生产率增长乏力，令人失望。

Representations in this “uncanny valley” are close enough to lifelike for their shortfalls and divergences from the familiar to be particularly disconcerting.
处于这个“恐怖谷”区间的机器非常逼真， 以至于它们那些与人类的不同之处尤其让人不安。

Contaminated food has been found a disconcertingly long way away, although it seems to be being kept out of the food chain.
人们在远方发现了受污染的食物，其与核电站相距之远令人不安，不过这些食物看起来被排除在了食物链以外。

The country is the place to be, too, and not just this country: December in Australia is a disconcertingly good time, involving sunny surfing Santas and flying sleigh-towing kangaroos.
十二月也很适合去郊外， 而且不只是本国的郊外： 澳大利亚的十二月美妙得让人不安， 那里有冲浪的圣诞老人和拉雪橇的袋鼠。


词说

Disconcerting一词由否定前缀dis-（不，非）、concert（一致，齐心）和形容词后缀ing构成。它形容让人忐忑不安、焦虑或困惑。​​​​