disrupt

- v. 扰乱, 打乱, 使中断
- Definition
- v. to interrupt the normal progress of something by causing disorder
- Example
- Loud construction noise can disrupt the whole meeting.
- 嘈杂的施工噪音会打断整场会议。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to break into something happening (verb).
比较义项:打断,扰乱正常进行(动词)。
- interrupt
Focuses on breaking into someone's speech or activity, usually only briefly, and typically takes a person as the object.
着重于打断某人说话或正在做的事情,通常时间较短,多以人作为宾语。
Please don't interrupt me while I'm explaining the instructions to the new staff.
请不要在我给新员工讲解操作说明时打断我。
- disrupt 本词
Focuses on throwing an ongoing process, system or event into disorder, often with a wider or longer-lasting effect, and typically takes a process, plan or system as the object.
着重于使某个正在进行的过程、系统或活动陷入混乱,影响往往更广泛或更持久,通常以过程、计划或系统作为宾语。
The factory fire disrupted the entire supply chain, causing shortages for weeks.
这场工厂火灾扰乱了整个供应链,导致数周内物资短缺。
Interrupt and disrupt both mean to break into something happening. Interrupt means breaking into someone's speech or action, usually briefly. Disrupt means throwing a process, system, or event into disorder, often with a wider or longer effect.
这两个词在此义项上意思相近,都表示打断某个正在进行的事情,但侧重不同:interrupt 强调打断某人说话或正在做的具体动作,通常时间短暂;disrupt 强调使某个过程、系统或活动陷入混乱,影响范围更广、持续时间更长。这里未涉及两词的其他义项。