Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #5953
disrupt
扰乱；打断；干扰
to interrupt something, causing confusion or disorder
- 1.
To throw into confusion or disorder.
使混乱；使扰乱。
- 2.
To interrupt or impede.
中断；阻碍。
- 3.
To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.
以取代现有产品或服务并让市场惊讶的方式来改进产品或服务。
颠覆；彻底改变；使混乱；使扰乱。；中断；阻碍。；以取代现有产品或服务并让市场惊讶的方式来改进产品或服务。；使分裂
In use
Loud noises can disrupt my concentration.
The storm disrupted the power supply for hours.
The new construction is disrupting the traffic flow.
Verb forms
base disrupt · third person disrupts · -ing disrupting · past disrupted · past participle disrupted
Connections
Collocations
- disrupt traffic
- 扰乱交通
- The accident disrupted traffic for hours.事故扰乱了交通数小时。
- disrupt a meeting
- 打断会议
- Please don't disrupt the meeting with your phone calls.请不要用你的电话打断会议。
- disrupt service
- 中断服务
- The storm disrupted the power service.暴风雨中断了电力服务。
- disrupt operations
- 干扰运营
- The cyberattack disrupted the company's operations.网络攻击干扰了公司的运营。
- disrupt the peace
- 破坏安宁
- Loud noises disrupted the peace of the neighborhood.噪音破坏了社区的安宁。
- disrupt a class
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆解为dis（否定）+rupt（打破），想象“打破秩序”的场景，记住意为“扰乱”。
Context & Register
register: mixed; contexts: 商业会议, 技术行业, 日常生活; note_zh: 通常用于正式或半正式场合，在科技领域常指颠覆性改变，在日常生活语境中指打断正常秩序。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'bankrupt' /ˈbæŋkrʌpt/ also end in '-rupt' but do not rhyme because the stress is on the first syllable. All listed words share the same stressed vowel /ʌ/ and ending /rʌpt/, thus rhyme with 'disrupt'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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