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cause a ruction
His sudden resignation caused a ruction in the office.
他突然辞职在办公室里引起了一阵骚动。
吵闹；骚动
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吵闹；骚动
a noisy disturbance; commotion
His sudden resignation caused a ruction in the office.
他突然辞职在办公室里引起了一阵骚动。
喧闹的争吵或打斗。
A noisy quarrel or fight.
The meeting ended in a ruction when two members started shouting at each other.
会议以一场吵闹告终，当时两名成员开始互相大喊大叫。
A sudden ruction in the cafeteria made everyone stop eating and look over.
自助餐厅里突然一阵骚动，让所有人都停下吃饭，转头看去。
The neighbours complained about the ructions coming from the flat upstairs.
邻居们抱怨楼上的公寓传来的吵闹声。
His sudden resignation caused a ruction in the office.
他突然辞职在办公室里引起了一阵骚动。
常指激烈的口头争执。
They had a ruction over the budget allocation.
他们因预算分配发生了一场争吵。
There were ructions when the new policy was announced.
新政策宣布时出现了骚动。
Not this
They ructed during the meeting.
Use this
They caused a ruction during the meeting.
“ruction”是名词，不能用作动词。正确表达是“cause a ruction”或“have a ruction”来表示引起骚动。
Not this
The meeting was full of ruction.
Use this
The meeting was full of ructions.
“ruction”是可数名词，常用复数形式“ructions”表示多次骚动或混乱。错误使用了不可数名词形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
引起骚动；引起争吵
The new parking rules caused ructions among local residents.
新的停车规定在当地居民中引起了骚动。
家庭争吵
There were family ructions over the wedding plans.
婚礼计划引发了家庭争吵。
政治风波
The vote caused political ructions across the country.
这场投票在全国引起了政治风波。
大吵大闹；闹事
He kicked up a ruction when his flight was cancelled.
航班取消时他大吵大闹。
挑起事端；惹起风波
The manager's decision stirred up ructions in the office.
经理的决定在办公室里引起了风波。
会有麻烦；会发生争吵
There'll be ructions at home if I come back late.
如果我晚回家，家里会闹翻天的。
大吵大闹；引起骚动
He kicked up a ruction when they refused to refund his ticket.
他们拒绝退票，他大吵大闹起来。
激起争吵；引起骚动
The new policy raised a ruction among the staff.
新政策在员工中引起了骚动。
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记忆联想：把“action”（行动）的a换成ru，想象一场行动乱到字母都变形——这样记住“ruction”是吵闹。
语域：informal 常见场景：酒吧冲突、街头斗殴 ruction 通常用于非正式口语，多指大声争吵或打斗；比较常见于日常叙述或新闻报道，正式文体中较少使用。
ruction rhymes with suction (/ˈsʌkʃən/) and with the final stressed syllable of destruction, instruction, obstruction, and construction (/ˈstrʌkʃən/ in each; the rhyming part is /ʌkʃən/). Concoction (/kənˈkɒkʃən/) is a useful lookalike: it shares the -ction spelling but does not rhyme because its vowel is /ɒ/.
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