disturbance
noun[CorU]
uk/dɪˈstɜː.bəns/us/dɪˈstɝː.bəns/C1
something thatinterruptssomeone or makes someonefeelworried:
干扰,滋扰Residents aretiredof the disturbancecausedby thenightclub.居民受够了夜总会造成的干扰。
Phonecallsare thebiggestdisturbance atwork.接听电话是工作中最大的干扰。
C2
violenceortrouble:
骚乱;纷乱;暴力事件There was aminordisturbance during thedemonstration, but nobody wasinjured.示威活动中发生了一起轻微的骚乱事件,但没有人受伤。
Synonyms
anarchy
ballyhooold-fashionedslang
bedlam
chaos
commotion
confusion
disarrayformal
disorder(CONFUSION)
disorganization
havoc
hoo-hainformal
hoopla(EXCITEMENT)mainlyUS
hullabalooold-fashioned
kerfuffleUKinformal
madness
mayhem
pandemonium
ruckusmainlyUSinformal
rumpusinformal
to-doinformal
tumultformal
turmoil
uproar
cause a disturbance
tobreakthelawbyfightingorbehavingextremelynoisilyinpublic:
扰乱治安,破坏秩序Hisgirlfriendwas alsoarrestedforallegedlycausinga disturbance.
aconditionin which someone is notthinkingorbehavingnormallybecause ofmentaloremotionalproblems:
Thestatespentcloseto $6 million onprescriptiondrugs- thebulkof which were used totreatemotionalormentaldisturbances.
There are manydegreesofmentalfrailtyor disturbance,rangingfrommildconfusionto Alzheimer'sdisease.
Noise & noisy
- bash
- bashsomethingout
- blast
- boisterous
- boisterously
- booming
- cacophonous
- cacophony
- clash
- explosive
- hullabaloo
- resonant
- rumbustious
- rumbustiously
- rumbustiousness
- salvo
- stridency
- stridently
- thunderous
- tumult
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