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单词 disturbance
释义 dis·tur·bance
\də̇ˈstərbən(t)s, -tə̄b-, -təib-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English destourbaunce, disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destorber, destourber + -ance
1. : the act or process of disturbing or the state of being disturbed
2.
 a. : an interruption of a state of peace or quiet : an agitating or agitation especially of the mind or feelings
  < understandable that the awkward age should be for the girl a period of painful disturbance — H.M.Parshley >
 b. : the hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right
  < the disturbance of an easement >
 c. : an interference with a planned, ordered, or regular procedure, state, or habit : interruption
  < hated the disturbance of his privacy >
  < the disturbance of his routine always made him grouchy >
  : a moving out of place
  < the disturbance of his papers >
  : alteration
  < an obesity related to endocrine disturbances >
  < some basic disturbance of the body's chemistry — G.W.Gray b. 1886 >
 also : commotion
  < looked out of the window to see what the disturbance was all about >
  : derangement
  < a certain appalling disturbance in the body politic >
  < market disturbances to which the less integrated and smaller business enterprises frequently find it difficult or even impossible to adjust — A.D.H.Kaplan >
  < the large-scale and national disturbances which so disrupted affairs — Collier's Year Book >
 d. : a movement of the earth's crust (as in crustal crumpling to form a mountain range) : diastrophism; also : the result of such movement
 e. : a local variation from the average or normal wind conditions; especially : a cyclone or tornado
 f. : abnormal variation from a mental or emotional norm
  < the disturbed personality is not always aware of the disturbance >
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