学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2181 disrupt

今天我们要学的词是 disrupt. Disrupt 动词，意思是破坏，扰乱。Protesters decrying¹ police brutality² and racial bias³ disrupted the holiday lighting⁴ of Baltimore's Washington Monument. 抗议警察施暴和种族歧视的抗议人群扰乱了巴尔的摩市华盛顿纪念碑的节日点灯仪式。希腊各大工会11月底发动24小时联合罢工。The strike canceled hundreds of flights, shut down public offices and severely⁵ disrupted local transportation. 罢工造成数百次航班被取消，政府关门，并严重扰乱了地方交通。好的，今天我们学习的词是 disrupt, disrupt, disrupt...
 

1 decrying   

v.公开反对，谴责( decry的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Soon Chinese Internet users, including government agencies, were decrying the' poisonous panda. 不久，中国网民以及政府机构纷纷谴责“影响极坏的熊猫烧香”。 来自互联网
• Democratic leaders are decrying President Bush's plan to indefinitely halt troop withdrawals from Iraq after July. 民主党领导公开谴责布什总统七月后无限停止从伊拉克撤兵的举动。 来自互联网

2 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

3 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

4 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

5 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。