| 单词 | disturb |
| 释义 | dis·turb I. transitive verb 1. a. obsolete b. < disturb the sequence of events > < disturb a man's reflections by shouting > < a synthetic plant hormone which disturbs plant growth and eventually destroys it — Collier's Year Book > < he failed to disturb the dominant current of thought — A.N.Whitehead > < another factor was beginning to disturb the tenor of life in their curious household — T.B.Costain > specifically c. (1) < she had disturbed an antique god in his sylvan haunt — G.B.Shaw > < she sat outside his door, and none of us dared disturb her — George Meredith > (2) < he found that the papers on his desk had been disturbed > : cause to move, wave, bend, or otherwise change position < the wind disturbing the grass > < the coal seams were later disturbed by the crushing of the valley — L.D.Stamp > < no bone was broken and no joint was disturbed — Arthur Morrison > < how is my relation to the environment disturbed — John Dewey > 2. a. < strikes and war talk disturbing the country > < that fact poisons me, disturbs my serenity — John Reed > < the most calculated, among contemporary writings, to disturb the reader, to startle and excite him — Wallace Fowlie > < a few passages of verse … have still the power to disturb our hearts — Edward Sapir > < the disturbed state of the country — Americana Annual > b. < his passion for his cause disturbed me — W.A.White > < the times are too upset and disturbing — Louis Bromfield > c. < his incompetence disturbed the once smoothly running system > d. < disturb a scholar in his study > : alarm < afraid of disturbing the sleeping animal > e. < do not disturb yourself to get supper for us > intransitive verb Synonyms: see discompose, disorder II. obsolete |
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