perturb

• vt. 擾亂；使…混亂；使…心緒不寧

per-,完全的，-turb,轉動，詞源同turn,turbid.引申詞義攪動，使焦慮，不安等。

perturb (v.)

late 14c., from Old French perturber "disturb, confuse" (14c.) and directly from Latin perturbare "to confuse, disorder, disturb," especially of states of the mind, from per- "through" (see per) + turbare "disturb, confuse," from turba "turmoil, crowd" (see turbid). Related: Perturbed; perturbing.

1. Her sudden appearance did not seem to perturb him in the least.

她的突然出現似乎一點也沒有令他不安。

來自《權威詞典》

2. Venus, Earth, and other planets also perturb Mercury's motion.

金星, 地球和其他行星也使水星的運動受到攝動.

來自辭典例句

3. Stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets.

行星的運行會使彗星的軌道發生擾動.

來自互聯網