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For there is an unnerving tension at the core of "That Used to Be Us, " a discordant emotional counterpoint.

《那曾经是我们》（ThatUsedtoBeUs）一书的精要部分存在一种令人失去信心的矛盾，一种不一致的情感对位。

This time, his relative calm was unnerving. "It was one of the few times at Apple when I got a chill, " says someone who was in the meeting.

曾经参加会议的一位工程师说：“那是我在苹果公司所参加的会议里面，为数不多的感觉寒意逼人的一次会议。”

Perhaps it was that he smiled slightly too broadly and gave people the unnerving impression that he was about to go for their neck.

也许是他笑的时候嘴巴张的稍微有些大，让人觉得好像他要一下扑上来咬住你的脖子。

But trying to write something that made up its own rules as it went along was always going to be unnerving.

但是写作一个边行进边构建自身规则的东西总是令人疲惫的。

Ask to speak to Creepy in private. It might be unnerving, but confronting him in public is not only bad form, it will most likely backfire.

邀请这个怪人私下谈话。这可能会让你有点紧张，但是公共场合和他正面冲突不仅是很不恰当的方式，甚至很有可能事与愿违。

She began peppering me with unnerving questions -- like why planes crashed, how frequently, and whether I knew that this one would be safe.

女儿开始问我一些让人不知所措的问题，为什么飞机会坠毁，机率是多少，她要搭乘的这架飞机会不会安全。

It was an unnerving honour to have the great man sit down to watch us eat.

我们很荣幸能让这位伟人坐下来看我们用餐，但也有些胆怯。

Truth is, the detailsI'm about to relate are especially unnerving, taking place as they didin such a picturesque setting.

事实上，我接下来要讲述的故事细节尤其令人神经紧张。这件事发生在一个风景优美的地方。

It is unnerving, for instance, to hear so many employees insist on their deep contentment at the company.

例如，听到这么多员工坚称自己对公司非常满意，令人觉得有点反常。

As you might recall from Greek mythology, Zeus was the supreme god, the one with the unnerving ability to throw thunderbolts .

你可能记得，在希腊神话中，宙斯是至高无上的天神，拥有击发雷霆的骇人力量。

Disagreements like this give rise to an unnerving question: How do we rationally defend our most fundamental epistemic principles?

分歧引发另一个让人不安的话题：我们如何理性地保护基本认知原理？

The unnerving sound of a catfight woke Charlotte from her nap.

猫打架传来不安的声音，把夏绿蒂从小睡中吵醒。

There is a sense of emptiness in the energy of the month that might be unnerving for some people.

在这个月的能量里会有一种空虚感，这可能会给某些人带来焦躁不安。

So far, though, the financial wobbles, however unnerving, look like a healthy repricing of risk.

但到目前为止，金融波动尽管令人无限沮丧，但看来不失为一种健康的风险重估。

Britain is not about to collapse into anarchy, even if the experience of Northern Rock's depositors is profoundly unnerving.

即使NorthernRock储户的经历令人深感忧虑，英国也不会陷入无政府状态。

Some of its efforts to deal with an ageing society are positively unnerving.

日本应对社会老龄化的一些努力也让人不安。

The image of a baby cooing in a pile of lettuce is actually kind of funny, if a bit unnerving.

婴儿像一堆莴苣似的哇哇出生的形象本来就是很有趣的事情，除了有点令人紧张不安外。

Interestingly, this marks the last thing I can do to help myself, which is a little unnerving .

有趣的是，这是我能做得最后一件帮助自己的事情，多少有些让人不安。

In fact, the most unnerving encounter I've ever had took place in the CompuServe adult chat area.

事实上，最让我心寒的遭遇发生在“电脑服务”网络上的成人聊天区。

She admits it's a "little unnerving, to say the least" .

她承认这有点“至少可以说让人不舒服”。