disturbance

• n. 干扰；骚乱；忧虑

1. activity that is an intrusion or interruption;

"he looked around for the source of the disturbance"

"there was a disturbance of neural function"

2. an unhappy and worried mental state;

"there was too much anger and disturbance"

"she didn't realize the upset she caused me"

3. a disorderly outburst or tumult;

"they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

4. a noisy fight

5. the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion

6. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

7. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

disturbance (n.)

late 13c., "mental distress," from Old French destorbance (12c., Old North French distorbance), from destourber, from Latin disturbare (see disturb). Meaning "public disturbance" is c. 1300; that of "destruction of peace or unity" is late 14c.

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

这些名词均表示事物的"混乱"状态。

confusion： 指东西搅混在一起，凌乱得难以辨认；也可指思想混乱，以致无法进行正常的思维活动。

disorder： 正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。

disturbance： 主要指社会中政治性的动乱、骚乱；也可指个人或少数人的闹事。

mess： 语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。

chaos： 着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。

Physical symptoms listed include dry eyes, backaches, skipping meals, poor personal hygiene (卫生) and sleep disturbances.

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emotional disturbance

情绪失常

牛津词典

He was charged with causing a disturbance after the game.

他被指控在比赛结束后制造骚乱。

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serious disturbances in the streets

街上的严重骚乱

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the disturbance of the local wildlife by tourists

游客对当地野生动物的滋扰

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a disturbance in the usual pattern of events

对平常事情发展状况的干扰

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The building work is creating constant noise, dust and disturbance.

建筑施工不断制造噪音、灰尘和干扰。

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The animals are very sensitive to disturbance and have never bred in captivity.

这些动物对外界的干扰很敏感，且从未被圈养过。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Poor educational performance is related to emotional disturbance.

糟糕的学习成绩与情绪失常有关。

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...the treatment of certain heart rhythm disturbances.

某种心律失常的治疗方法

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During the disturbance which followed, three Englishmen were hurt.

在接下来的骚乱中，3名英国人受伤。

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...the worst of last September'sdisturbances.

去年9月最严重的骚乱

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The home would cause less disturbance to local residents than a school...

养老院对当地居民造成的干扰会比学校小。

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It is a disturbance of social tranquility.

这是对社会安宁的扰乱.

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We can not only acquire good dynamic response, but also make noise and disturbance minimum.

设计出的自适应逆控制系统,不仅可以得到好的动态响应, 还可以使噪声和扰动减小到最小.

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Weak as it is, the disturbance in the wind field is discernible.

该风场的扰动虽然很弱, 但是还是可以看得出来.

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The drunken man was run in for creating a public disturbance.

那个醉汉因扰乱公共秩序而被拘留.

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The constructed by the controller has fast response, small over rate and strong resisting disturbance etc.

使该控制系统不但具有响应快 、 超调小,而且具有鲁棒性强等特点.

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Histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism, occurs chiefly in young children.

与胆固醇代谢障碍有关的组织细胞增多症, 通常发生在年轻人身上.

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I can have two whole days every week to crawl on the checkers without disturbance.

一个礼拜可以有两天时间在家踏踏实实地爬格子.

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Objective It is to observe the regulation action of Hewei decoction on gastrointestinal motility disturbance.

目的观察和胃汤对胃肠运动障碍的调节作用.

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This disturbance would have occurred sooner or later.

　　这场风波迟早要来.

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The guy was a drunk and a disturbance.

那家伙是个令人讨厌的醉鬼.

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The disturbance of function, equilibrium, or mental faculties caused by such a blow; violent agitation.

震扰:由这种打击或强烈的震动引起的机能, 平衡或精神 官能 的混乱.

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The result of simulation based on real geomagnetic disturbance data indicates that the method is effective.

依据实测的地磁场扰动信号做的仿真试验表明该方法是有效的.

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The disturbance clearly occupies all of space.

显然,扰动充满整个空间.

辞典例句

He is suffering an emotional disturbance.

他的情绪受到了困扰.

《简明英汉词典》

CONCLUSIONThe DNA impairment and disturbance of repairment may occur in chronic alcoholism patients.

慢性酒精中毒患者体内出现DNA损伤及修复功能障碍.

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