disrupt
/dɪsˈrʌpt/verb
with obj.
1- interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem(通过引起混乱或产生问题而)扰乱; 打断(事件, 活动, 进程):
flooding disrupted rail services.
洪水泛滥中断了铁路运输。
1.1
- drastically alter or destroy the structure of (something)彻底改变(某物)的结构; 使(某物)的结构破裂:
alcohol can disrupt the chromosomes of an unfertilized egg.
酒精可以彻底改变未受精卵的染色体结构。
派生词
disrupter
(亦作disruptor)noundisruption
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin disrupt- 'broken apart', from the verb disrumpere.