单词 | perturb |
释义 | perturb (once / 783 pages) 1v 2v To perturb is to bug or bother someone by confusing them or throwing them off balance. You can try, but it's almost impossible to perturb the guards outside Buckingham Palace. If you're having trouble getting used to the word perturb, you're in luck! It's similar in meaning to the verb "disturb." That's right, to perturb is to disturb, but in a way that suggests you're throwing it off its usual path or routine. The movie Born Free truly perturbed widespread views about animals—people suddenly started seeing them as individuals. If you stare at a person you don't know, it won't be long before you perturb them. WORD FAMILYperturb: imperturbable, perturbation, perturbed, perturbing, perturbs+/imperturbable: imperturbability, imperturbableness, imperturbably/perturbation: perturbations/perturbed: perturbedly, unperturbed/perturbing: perturbingly/unperturbed: unperturbedly USAGE EXAMPLESWhen my manager first told me he thought it would be a good idea for me to learn to fly a drone, I was perturbed. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) His admonition was prescient then, it’s perturbing now. Time(Dec 21, 2016) These events disturb the air around them so violently that they send acoustic and gravity waves up to the ionosphere where they perturb electrons. Nature(Dec 14, 2016) 1 1v disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill Syn|Hypo|Hyper cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge vex, worry disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress misgivesuggest fear or doubt eat, eat onworry or cause anxiety in a persistent way nagworry persistently disturb, trouble, upset move deeply 2v throw into great confusion or disorder 2Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt Syn|Hyper derange, throw out of kilter disarray, disorder bring disorder to 1v disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion Hyper deviate cause to turn away from a previous or expected course 2v cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet Hyper deviate cause to turn away from a previous or expected course |
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