disturb
verb[T]
uk/dɪˈstɜːb/us/dɪˈstɝːb/disturbverb[T](INTERRUPT)
B2
tointerruptwhat someone is doing:
打断;干扰Please don't disturbyoursister- she'stryingto do herhomework.请不要打扰你姐姐——她正在做家庭作业。
I'msorryto disturb you so late, but my car'sbrokendown and I don't have myphonewith me.很抱歉这么晚来打扰你,我的汽车坏了,而且我没有带电话。
disturb the peace
tobreakthelawbybehavingunpleasantlyandnoisilyinpublic:
扰乱治安Severalfanswerearrestedandchargedwith disturbing thepeaceafter thegame.几名球迷被捕,他们被指控在赛后扰乱治安。
- "Don't disturb me again, " she said in anirritablevoice.
- She's understrongsedationand should not be disturbed.
- I'm verytired, what withtravellingalldayyesterdayand having a disturbednight.
- Shestartedtophotographthedocuments,safein theknowledgethat she wouldn't be disturbed for at least anhour.
- Please go on with what you're doing and don'tletus disturb you.
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn tosomewhere
- arrest
- break
- callsomeone/somethingoff
- cancellable
- cut
- diversion
- halt
- in midstreamidiom
- kick
- kicksomethinginto touchidiom
- rain
- scratch
- shut
- shut(something)off
- stop
- Zoom bomb
- Zoombomber
- Zoombombing
disturbverb[T](WORRY)
C2
tocausesomeone to beworriedorupset:
使焦虑,使烦恼Somescenesareviolentand may disturbyoungerviewers.某些场景中有暴力内容,可能会使年幼些的观众产生焦虑情绪。
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up withsomeone
- come back/home to roostidiom
- dread
- frighten
- frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
- get/go beyond a jokeidiom
- givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
- givesomeonethe jittersidiom
- oppressive
- rattle
- roost
- stresssomeoneout
- stressful
- suspenseful
- swatting
- tense
- tenseness
disturbverb[T](MOVE)
tomoveorchangesomething fromitsusualposition,arrangement,condition, orshape:
移动,挪动;改动,使变动Thethiefhad disturbed thedocumentsin herfilingcabinet, but nothing had been taken.窃贼翻动了她档案柜中的文件,但什么都没拿走。
Changing
- about-face
- about-turn
- alterable
- altered
- alternate
- commute
- drip
- modulate
- modulation
- move on
- move the goalpostsidiom
- move with the timesidiom
- pivot
- rewrite
- sanitization
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- stead
- steepness
- sway