disrupt學測 L5KK [dɪˈsrʌpt]/dɪˈsrʌpt/
擾亂;破壞秩序·妨礙;干擾·打斷;使中斷
學測核心動詞,中高級英檢常考字。
A power cut disrupted the MRT this morning.

一次停電讓捷運今天早上停擺。

disrupt 的字首 dis- 與 disagree、discover 同源,都帶著『分開、相反』的意味。

一個畫面:伸手打斷傳球

整體亂套系統或場面失序、變得混亂
插手打斷伸手介入別人正在做的事
掐斷流程讓正在進行的動作或流程斷開

義項

教室停電C1verb擾亂;破壞秩序
A power outage disrupted the whole class.
一場停電打亂了整堂課。
disrupt the scheduledisrupt the class
會議插話C1verb妨礙;干擾
Jack disrupted his colleague by talking loudly during the meeting.
傑克在會議中大聲講話,干擾了同事。
disrupt the meetingdisrupt the speech
車流卡住C1verb打斷;使中斷
The accident disrupted traffic on the highway this morning.
那場意外讓今早的高速公路車流中斷。
disrupt the trafficdisrupt the service

片語

disrupt the schedule打亂行程 →打亂原本的計畫
disrupt the flow打斷節奏 →讓進行中的節奏中斷
disrupt a lesson打斷上課 →干擾正在進行的課堂
disrupt traffic打斷車流 →讓車流突然停滯

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陳述:disrupt 的名詞形式是 disruption。(對/錯)

看答案

動詞加 -ion 變名詞,是常見的詞性轉換規則。

'Jack disrupted his colleague by talking loudly during the meeting.' 這裡的 disrupt 最接近哪個意思?(A) 讓場面陷入混亂 (B) 干擾正在做的事 (C) 打斷流程的連貫性

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(B)

此句描述干擾同事正在做的事,對應『妨礙;干擾』義項。

字族

disruption 擾亂;中斷(名詞)・disruptive 造成擾亂的;破壞性的

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多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

辦公室搬遷
The unexpected office move disrupted the team's schedule.
突如其來的辦公室搬遷打亂了團隊的時程。
線上簡報
A connection problem disrupted the online presentation.
連線問題使線上簡報中斷。

詞族

disrupt verb 干擾;使中斷・disruption noun 干擾;中斷・disruptive adjective 造成干擾的・disruptively adverb 以造成干擾的方式

四選一

Loud conversations can ____ colleagues who are preparing reports.

  • disruption
  • disruptive
  • disrupt
  • disruptively
看答案

disrupt

情態助動詞 can 後接原形動詞,因此選 disrupt。disruption 是名詞、disruptive 是形容詞、disruptively 是副詞,均無法在此構成 can 後所需的動詞片語。

同義改寫

The equipment failure disrupted the normal flow of work. → The equipment failure interrupted the normal flow of work.
此處 disrupted 與 interrupted 都表示設備故障打斷了正常的工作流程。
The sudden room change disrupted our meeting schedule. → The sudden room change threw our meeting schedule into disorder.
此處兩句都表示突然更換場地打亂了會議時程;threw ... into disorder 保留原句的混亂之意。

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤