单词 | disrupt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | disruptdis‧rupt /dɪsˈrʌpt/ ●●○ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdisrupt Verb TableOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin disruptus, from rumpere ‘to break’VERB TABLE disrupt
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Longman Language Activatorto disturb a situation or event► disrupt Collocations to disturb a situation, system, event etc, so that it cannot happen or work in its usual way: · The aim of the strike was to disrupt rail services as much as possible.· The protest disrupted the Democratic convention Saturday, nearly forcing its cancellation.· Moving schools frequently can disrupt a child's education.· Hecklers repeatedly disrupted Duke's news conference, calling him a liar and a fascist. ► upset to disturb a plan, situation, relationship etc, especially so that people feel confused or angry: · Young children don't like anything which upsets their daily routine.· The closing of the plant threatens to upset the local economy.· Rowan said this latest outbreak of violence could upset the peace talks. ► break up: break up a meeting/demonstration/march etc deliberately disturb it or prevent it from continuing, especially in a violent way: break up something: · Police broke up the demonstration with tear gas.· The conference was broken up by animal rights campaigners.break something up: · Breaking meetings up and harassing party members are just some of the tactics our opponents have used. ► disturb to disturb an organized event or a peaceful situation, for example by making a lot of noise or arguing with someone: · Loud frogs are disturbing the sleep of local home owners.· It is thought that the intruder was disturbed by a barking dog. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► disrupt/upset somebody’s routine to prevent something from continuing in its usual way by causing problems: Traffic was disrupted by a hoax bomb. Climate change could disrupt the agricultural economy.· She disliked things that disrupted her routine. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► seriously· Also, the menstrual cycle of women can seriously disrupt fluid levels, causing in some cases increases of several pounds.· An effective preventive strategy which challenged these interests would seriously disrupt or impose great costs on capitalist producers.· Officials now warn that fuel supplies could be seriously disrupted this winter.· Observers had feared that violence would seriously disrupt the electoral process.· Over the ensuing days traffic and commuters in London were seriously disrupted by hoax bomb warning calls which led to station closures.· Secondary schools were seriously disrupted by pro-Aristide protests throughout May.· Work at the four offices involved was seriously disrupted for the day, although North Sea operations continued without interruption. ► severely· In other words, the education of 250,000 pupils is being severely disrupted.· Environmentalists fear that, if completed, the hydro-electric dam will severely disrupt the Danube ecosystem.· Soviet trade through Iasi was severely disrupted, as was trade with the West through Timisoara.· Boxing Day frost threat Frost is threatening to severely disrupt the busy Boxing Day programme. ► totally· The whole balance between guards and inmates was totally disrupted. NOUN► activity· These proto-oncogenes can apparently cause cancer when something happens to disrupt their normal activities.· The problem occurs in the patient who has an occasional seizure, which alarms fellow workers and disrupts work activities.· The effect of fluctuations is ironed out, so that the personnel department is not disrupted by recruitment activity. ► attempt· Yet no one walked out of the big top, there were no fundamentalist pickets outside, no attempts to disrupt the service. ► election· The killings were seen as an attempt by Sikh extremists to disrupt the ongoing general election campaign.· It seems more likely that the Khmers Rouges decided not to disrupt the election, perhaps for good reason. ► life· She would go on loving him but she would not disrupt his life further.· Plant cover crops such as cereal rye to add organic matter and disrupt the life cycle of root knot nematodes.· Now with the beautiful girl as naked model he works again - and disrupts his life.· His objective was to permanently disrupt patient community life.· Violetta is hardly the type to let lingering illness disrupt her lusty courtesan life.· And it helps to disrupt their lives.· Male speaker I think there are limits to what we can manage here on the premises because it disrupts life a bit. ► meeting· They used violence to disrupt opposition rallies and meetings. ► operation· Her problem was to figure out how to implement such a program without disrupting the traditional operations at the branch office. ► pattern· Perhaps better housing policy could disrupt the pattern.· This surge of humanity has disrupted land-holding patterns and economic relationships and engendered ethnic conflict.· It effectively disrupted the old established patterns but prevented new and more sensible patterns developing.· But male elephants only mature at around 30 years old and their many deaths have disrupted patterns of reproduction. ► peace· Labour would disrupt industrial peace by weakening the power of management and the courts.· Korzhakov and his allies may have the resources to disrupt the peace, and with it the election, if they choose.· Critics of U.S. aid have questioned whether the White House package could disrupt peace talks.· Unilateral State intervention in the absence of an authoritative decision can promote international disorder and disrupt international peace and security. ► plan· But Falkenhayn's assault on Verdun disrupted the Allied plans.· I had been astonished that day that the wide range of choices did not disrupt her plan.· The Prince is rather easier to keep tabs on, but there is always the unforeseen to disrupt even the best-laid plans.· I refuse to hear anything that might disrupt my own plans.· Luke Calder wasn't going to get a chance to disrupt all her plans for the future. ► process· Observers had feared that violence would seriously disrupt the electoral process.· She gives the impression that being tour guide and teacher to this group of foreigners disrupted a process of something more important. ► service· The health service over the last twenty years has been marred by periodic pay disputes which have disrupted patient services.· People throw bricks, fight cops, disrupt Sunday services in churches, and spill blood all over the floor.· The storm caused widespread damage and heavy flooding, disrupting services and communications.· Yet no one walked out of the big top, there were no fundamentalist pickets outside, no attempts to disrupt the service. ► system· To introduce canonised solicitors into the Supreme Court of the universe is to disrupt this system.· The bomber in Vallejo, police said, was part of a plot to disrupt the criminal justice system there.· At the least, President Reagan's plans of involving the private sector could disrupt this system.· At low to moderate doses, these drugs significantly reduce anxiety without impairing or disrupting other brain systems. VERB► threaten· Boxing Day frost threat Frost is threatening to severely disrupt the busy Boxing Day programme.· But Democrats threatened to disrupt the proceedings on welfare reform if the alternative was denied a chance on the floor.· But groups representing the disabled are threatening to disrupt the day. |
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