Word · Frequency #3386
Fully loadedinterrupted
打断；插嘴；中断
interrupted is the past of interrupt.
To suddenly stop or disturb an ongoing activity or a person, especially by speaking.
- 1.
To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
打断；中断(尤指通过说话突然干扰或中止正在进行的进程、行动或执行者)
- 2.
To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
分隔；分开；打破单调
- 3.
To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
向(计算机)发出中断,表明有异常情况需要处理
隔断；打破单调；发出中断信号；打断；中断(尤指通过说话突然干扰或中止正在进行的进程、行动或执行者)；分隔；分开；打破单调；向(计算机)发出中断,表明有异常情况需要处理
In use
Please don't interrupt me while I'm speaking.
The construction work interrupted our daily routine.
I hate being interrupted when I'm concentrating.
interrupt sb/sth
Please don't interrupt me while I'm speaking.
我说话时请不要打断我。
interrupt sb with sth
She interrupted him with a question.
她用一个问题打断了他。
interrupt sth to do sth
He interrupted his work to answer the phone.
他中断工作去接电话。
Connections
Collocations
- interrupt someone
- 打断某人
- Please don't interrupt me while I'm speaking.请在我说话时不要打断我。
- interrupt a conversation
- 打断谈话
- It's rude to interrupt a conversation between two people.打断两个人的谈话是不礼貌的。
- interrupt a meeting
- 打断会议
- She interrupted the meeting to ask a question.她打断了会议来问一个问题。
- interrupt the flow
- 打断流程/进程
- The sudden noise interrupted the flow of his thoughts.突然的噪音打断了他的思路。
- interrupt the silence
- 打破沉默
- A loud crash interrupted the silence of the night.一声巨响打破了夜晚的寂静。
- interrupt a program
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想: inter（在中间）+ rupt（破裂）= 打断
Context & Register
register: mixed; contexts: 日常对话, 会议, 课堂, 电话交谈; 注：该词在打断他人说话或中断某活动时使用，正式与非正式场合均常见，具体依赖语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending with -rupt that share the stress pattern on the second syllable (disrupt, erupt, corrupt, abrupt) rhyme with interrupt. Bankrupt is a false friend: the stress is on the first syllable, so it does not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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。
Learn the forms together
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