1:But if the French arts, from the chansons of Maurice Chevalier to the ballet of the collaborationist, Serge Lifar, survived the Nazis, how lasting was their victory?|| Mr Riding saves his best for last, with a discomfiting portrayal of the post-Liberation épuration—the “purge” of collaborators—and a clear-headed judgment of Paris’s subsequent cultural status.||

||1:但如果法国艺术——从珍妮特·麦克唐纳的《香颂》到合作主义者谢尔盖·里法的芭蕾——有幸逃过纳粹一劫，他们的胜利又维持了多久呢？里丁把他最好的篇章留到了最后，一是对解放后的“净化”——即合作主义者的清算进行了令人不安的描述，还对巴黎后来的文化地位作出了明确判断。||

||1:As barons in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party last month sought the means to silence the opposition on the subject of political-funding scandals, speculation grew that Mr Abe might call a snap election by the end of this year, discomfiting an opposition in general disarray.||2:Similar rumours swirled following the central bank’s action.||3:Yet with a majority in both houses of the Diet guaranteed until 2016, Mr Abe already has the muscle to make real reforms.||4:He just needs to use it.

||1:上个月里执政党自民党中的大人物试图以防民之口的方式来应对人们对政府资金丑闻的非议，因此，越来越多的人们猜测安倍晋三可能在今年年末之前进行提前选举，以解决人们对这一混乱局面的反对情绪。||2:而日本央行的此次举动也引起了类似的流言与猜测。||3:而鉴于日本国会的参议院和众议院中大部分成员都会在2016年前保有议员身份，因此安倍晋三其实已经有了在改革上大展拳脚的资本。||4:关键就看他是否要这样做了。

That is a tribute to BlackRock’s elaborate risk-management models, but it is also discomfiting .

上述成就皆源于贝莱德精心设计风险管理模式的馈赠，但问题也随之而来。

The Atomic Bazaar " is an excellent introduction to this most discomfiting topic. "

《原子集市》是关于这个极令人不安的话题的一本优秀的入门读物。

But some results are discomfiting (at least for those with this newspaper’s views).

但是，一些讨论的结果是令人沮丧的，至少以本报的观点来看。

A discomfiting lesson for Japan about the growing clout of neighbours

近邻日益增强的影响力带给日本一次窘迫的教训

Large American aid to ailing carmakers is discomfiting European governments that are under pressure to follow suit.

美国大规模援助困境中的汽车制造商，使欧洲各国政府迫于压力不得不跟着效仿。

But what many new arrivals find more discomfiting are the obstacles that hard work alone cannot overcome.

让许多新到者觉得更加尴尬的，即便努力工作也不能克服的障碍。