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disrupt

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they disrupt
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he / she / it disrupts
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past simple disrupted
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past participle disrupted
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-ing form disrupting
🔊/dɪsˈrʌptɪŋ/
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  1. disrupt something to make it difficult for something to continue in the normal way扰乱；使中断；打乱
    • Demonstrators succeeded in disrupting the meeting.示威者成功地扰乱了会议。🔊🔊
    • Bus services will be disrupted tomorrow because of the bridge closure.明日公共汽车服务将因大桥停止通行而受影响。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The bad weather has seriously disrupted supplies of food.恶劣的天气严重影响了食物供应。
    • They warned that climate change could potentially disrupt economic activity.他们警告说气候变化有可能扰乱经济活动。
    • I'm not going to let him disrupt my life any longer.我不会再让他破坏我的生活了。
    • Public transport services are likely to be severely disrupted tomorrow.公交服务明天可能会受到严重干扰。
    • The award ceremony was completely disrupted by a technicians' strike.颁奖仪式被技术人员的罢工完全扰乱了。
    • The refusal of the US to participate threatened to disrupt the negotiations.美国拒绝参加威胁要中断谈判。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • seriously
    • severely
    • …
    verb + disrupt
    • threaten to
    • attempt to
    • be designed to
    • …
    phrases
    • an attempt to disrupt something
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin disrupt- ‘broken apart’, from the verb disrumpere.