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disrupt

/dɪsˈɹʌpt/· Verb

社会/民生B1

disrupt
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Chinese meaning

打dǎ乱luàn;扰rǎo乱luàn

打dǎ乱luàn,使shǐ陷xiàn入rù混hùn乱luàn

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航háng班bān因yīn光guāng纤xiān线xiàn路lù被bèi切qiē断duàn而ér大dà面miàn积jī受shòu扰rǎo

Example

Hundreds of flights into Newark, New York, Philadelphia disrupted after Verizon fiber line cut

Verizon一yī条tiáo光guāng纤xiān线xiàn路lù被bèi切qiē断duàn后hòu,数shù百bǎi架jià飞fēi往wǎng纽niǔ瓦wǎ克kè、纽niǔ约yuē、费fèi城chéng的de航háng班bān受shòu到dào影yǐng响xiǎng。

Source: CNBC · 21 Sep 2026

Background ✎

Verizon一yī条tiáo光guāng纤xiān线xiàn路lù被bèi切qiē断duàn,导dǎo致zhì美měi国guó联lián邦bāng航háng空kōng局jú设shè备bèi出chū现xiàn故gù障zhàng,周zhōu一yī波bō及jí纽niǔ瓦wǎ克kè和hé费fèi城chéng两liǎng大dà机jī场chǎng的de空kōng中zhōng交jiāo通tōng。数shù百bǎi架jià飞fēi往wǎng纽niǔ瓦wǎ克kè、纽niǔ约yuē、费fèi城chéng的de航háng班bān受shòu到dào影yǐng响xiǎng,美měi国guó东dōng北běi地dì区qū当dàng天tiān因yīn这zhè类lèi电diàn脑nǎo系xì统tǒng故gù障zhàng出chū现xiàn大dà量liàng航háng班bān取qǔ消xiāo和hé延yán误wù。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁 dis-(分离)+ rumpere(打破)

  • dis-(分开、彻底)+ rupt(破,断裂)

Collocations

  • disrupt flights / disrupt service / severely disrupted

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