(1)使中斷，打斷(cause to stop，not continue)[T+n]：～one's work to have lunch/sb's studies/sb's flow of thought 中斷工作吃午飯/使某人中斷學(xué)習(xí)/打斷某人的思緒;His speech was～ed by applause. 他的演講被掌聲打斷。Traffic was～ed by a snowstorm. 交通被暴風(fēng)雪阻斷。Trade between the two countries was～ed by the war. 兩國(guó)間的貿(mào)易由于戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)而中斷。
(2)打斷(談話)，插嘴，打擾(stop a person while he is saying or doing sth，esp by saying sth oneself)[T+n，T+n+prep(with)，I，I+prep(with)](derog)：Please do not～(me)when I am talking. 我說(shuō)話時(shí)請(qǐng)不要打斷。～sb (sb's speech) with silly questions 用愚蠢的問(wèn)題打斷某人的談話;Children must learn not to～.小孩子必須學(xué)會(huì)不插嘴。
(3)破壞……的一致性(destroy the uniformity of)[T+n]：Breakwaters～the long stretch of beach at intervals. 防波堤使長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的沙灘有幾處斷開(kāi)。
(4)阻礙，遮擋(obstruct) [T+n]：Those houses～the view. 那些房子阻礙了視線。
→ ?inter′rupter n 插嘴者;障礙物;?inter-′ruption n 打斷(擾);插嘴