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Disturb Completely French 4609.Disturb 英 Dɪ'Stɜːb]美 Dɪ'Stɝb 释义

正面 4609.disturb
英 [dɪ'stɜːb]美 [dɪ'stɝb]

背面
释义:
vt. 打扰;妨碍;使不安;弄乱;使恼怒vi. 打扰;妨碍
例句:
1. The pictures were sensationalist and could seriously disturb younger readers.这些图片大肆渲染,会让一些比较年轻的读者们惶恐不安。

1、dis- "completely" + turb-.
disturb 扰乱dis-, 分开。-turb, 转,搅拌,词源同turn, turbid. 即转开,搅拌开,引申词义扰乱。
disturbdisturb: see troubledisturb (v.)c. 1300, "to stop or hinder," from Old French destorber (Old North French distourber) and directly from Latin disturbare "throw into disorder," from dis- "completely" (see dis-) + turbare "to disorder, disturb," from turba "turmoil" (see turbid). Meaning "to frighten" is late 13c.; that of "to stir up, agitate" is c. 1300. Related: Disturbed; disturbing; disturbingly. Middle English also had distourbler (n.) "one who disturbs or incites" (late 14c.)."

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