disturbance UK [dɪ'stɜ:.bənts] US [-'stɝ:-] noun countable or uncountable ■something that interrupts someone or makes them feel worried 干扰,滋扰•Residents are fed up with the disturbance caused by the nightclub.居民受够了夜总会造成的干扰。 •Phone calls are the biggest disturbance at work.接听电话是工作中最大的干扰。 ■violence or trouble 骚乱;纷乱;暴力事件•There was a minor disturbance (= violent event in public) during the demonstration, but nobody was injured.示威活动中发生了一件轻微的骚乱事件,但没有人受伤。 cause a disturbance ■to break the law by fighting or behaving extremely noisily in public 扰乱治安,破坏秩序 |