perturb

英 [pə'tɜːb] 美 [pər'tɜːrb]

• vt. 使烦恼；使不安

英英释义

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"
   

词义辨析

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• trouble 困难
• agitate 煽动
• disturb 扰乱
• upset 心烦的
• bother 烦扰
• flurry 一阵疾风
• distress 不幸
• ruffle 褶饰
• disorder 混乱
• worry 撕咬
• discompose 使不安
• shake up 使改组, 使重组, 使震...
• fluster 慌乱
• ail 使 ... 苦恼
• afflict 使苦恼
• demoralize 使士气低落
• discomfort 不便之处
• stir 激起
• unhinge 使发狂
• derange 扰乱
• cark 烦恼
• distract 分散
• disquiet 担心