perturbs

英[pə'tɜːb] 美[pər'tɜːrb]
  • vt.使烦恼;使不安
perturbable perturbed perturbed perturbing perturbs
Verb:
  1. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;

    "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

  2. disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom;

    "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

  3. cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull;

    "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"

  4. throw into great confusion or disorder;

    "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"

    1. King Herod was greatly perturbed when he heard this;and so was the whole of Jerusalem.
      希律王听后异常惊恐,耶路撒冷的全城居民也感到非常不安。
    2. The state of being perturbed; agitation.
      搅乱,混乱处于不安的状态; 动荡

perturb的详细讲解:

upset,agitate,disturb,perturb
  • 这些动词均有“使不安,使心烦意乱”之意。
  • upset最普通,最通俗用词,侧重失去精神上的平静,心理上完全丧失平衡。
  • agitate侧重指内心的焦虑,难于控制,表露于外。
  • disturb指因某人的行动、扰乱、妨碍安静等而使人不得安宁。
  • perturb书面语用词,指使人焦急烦恼,扰得心情不安。