disrupt

disrupt
verb
  1. [with obj.]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。
    ■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
disrupter
noun
  1. (亦作 disruptor)
disruption
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin disrupt- 'broken apart', from the verb disrumpere
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