interrupt
v
1 [Tn] break the continuity of (sth) temporarily 暫時中斷或中止(某事物)
Trade between the two countries was interrupted by the war. 兩國間貿易因戰爭而中斷.
We interrupt this programme to bring you a news flash. 我們中斷節目, 報告新聞快訊.
2 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sb/sth) (with sth) (derog 貶) stop (sb) speaking, etc or (sth) happening by speaking oneself or by causing some other sort of disturbance 打斷(某人)講話; 打岔; 打擾
Don't interrupt (me) while I'm busy! 我正忙著, 不要打攪我!
Don't interrupt the speaker now; he will answer questions later. 現在不要打斷他的話, 他稍後再回答問題.
Hecklers interrupted her speech with jeering. 詰問者的嘲笑打斷了她的講話.
3 [Tn] destroy the uniformity of (sth) 打破(某事物)的同一性或均衡性
a vast flat plain interrupted only by a few trees 只有幾棵樹的廣闊平原.
4 [Tn] obstruct (sth) 阻礙(某事物)
These new flats will interrupt our view of the sea. 這些新公寓將遮住我們眺望海景的視野.
?? 考研助記
inter(相互)+rupt:在相互相交中被 打斷 bankrupt破產:bank銀行 rupt(=break)破裂 rupture n/v 破裂 ab(=off)+rupt:abrupt 突然的 co(共同)+rupt:corrupt 腐敗的 dis(分離)+rupt:破裂分散即 使破裂 e(=out)+rupt:erupt=break out 暴發 i(=in)+rupt:irrupt:break in 突然闖入