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| /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/ |
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| 1 | I/T to say or do something to stop someone when they are speaking or concentrating on something 打断（讲话）；打扰（工作） |
| Please don’ t interrupt her while she’ s working. 她工作时请别打扰她。 |
| She tried to explain, but he interrupted her in mid-sentence. 她试图去解释，但他却在她话说一半时就打断了她。 |
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| 2 | T to make something stop for a period of time 中断；暂停 |
| At the tennis championships, rain interrupted play for an hour this afternoon. 在这次网球锦标赛中，大雨让今天下午的比赛中断了一个小时。 |
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| 3 | T formal if something interrupts something such as a line or a surface , it stops it from being continuous 中断；中止；截断 |
| The huge open space was interrupted only by two steel columns. 这块极宽敞的空地竟被两根钢柱截断了。 |
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