interrupt
interrupt — 動詞
1. to cause someone to briefly stop in the middle of a conversation or activity bec
打斷
使他人暫停說話或行動
to cause someone to briefly stop in the middle of a conversation or activity because of a word or an action from another person
Zola interrupted the meeting to share an urgent message from head office.
Zola 打斷了會議，傳達來自總部的緊急訊息。
interrupt + [activity] to [state purpose]
Sorry to interrupt, said Sven, but the fire alarm is going off and we must leave.
「不好意思打斷一下，」Sven 說，「火災警報響了，大家必須離開。」
apologetic formula: 'sorry to interrupt' followed by reason
Christopher's little sister kept interrupting him while he was practicing the piano.
Christopher 的妹妹一直在他練鋼琴的時候打斷他。
The reporters kept interrupting the politician with loud questions during the press conference.
記者們在新聞記者會上大聲提問，不斷打斷那位政治人物。
Anjali's phone interrupted our conversation with loud notification sounds during dinner.
Anjali 的手機在用餐時不斷發出響亮的通知聲，打斷了我們的談話。
- listen
the intended opposite action during a conversation
文法句型
interrupt + person/activity
interrupt + person/activity + with + speech
interrupt + person + to + infinitive
用法筆記
Commonly used in the progressive form (interrupting) or with the polite formula 'Sorry to interrupt...'. The person being interrupted can be omitted when the context is clear: 'Sorry to interrupt, but...'
常見錯誤
2. to make an activity or a process pause and then start again
中斷
使活動或過程暫停
to make an activity or a process pause and then start again
The power cut interrupted the live broadcast of the football match.
停電中斷了足球比賽的現場轉播。
interrupt + [event/activity]
Quinn's flight was delayed after a sudden storm interrupted the landing procedure.
Quinn 的班機延誤了，因為一場暴風雨突然中斷了降落程序。
passive: was interrupted by [event]
A row of newly built apartments now interrupts the mountain view from Hyun's bedroom window.
一排新建的公寓大樓遮擋了 Hyun 從臥室窗戶看到的山景。
Camila chopped all the vegetables before the party so nothing would interrupt the cooking.
Camila 在派對前把所有蔬菜切好，這樣烹飪過程就不會中斷。
Defne's studies were interrupted when the library closed for the entire summer.
Defne 的學業因圖書館整個暑假關閉而中斷。
文法句型
interrupt + activity/process
be interrupted + by + noun phrase
interrupt + abstract noun (view/silence/flow)
用法筆記
Often used in the passive voice. The object is typically an activity (broadcast, procedure, studies), a process (flow, progress), or something physical that blocks a view (line of sight, scenery). Unlike sense 1, this sense does not involve a speaking participant.
常見錯誤
interrupt — 名詞
1. a signal sent to a computer's processor that tells it to pause its current task
插斷
電腦處理器接收的暫停訊號
a signal sent to a computer's processor that tells it to pause its current task and handle a different task, such as processing input from a keyboard or receiving data over a network
The operating system uses interrupts to read each key press the moment you type it.
作業系統利用插斷在你按下按鍵的瞬間讀取輸入。
computing context: interrupt managing device input
Each interrupt from the mouse is handled by the processor before the game continues running.
滑鼠發出的每個插斷都由處理器處理完後，遊戲才能繼續執行。
A hardware interrupt told the computer to stop printing because the paper tray was empty.
一個硬體中斷通知電腦停止列印，因為紙匣是空的。
Modern smartphone chips can manage millions of interrupts per second while streaming a video smoothly.
現代智慧型手機晶片能在串流影片的同時，每秒處理數百萬個插斷而不卡頓。
- interrupt request
technical term for the signal sent to the processor
- IRQ
abbreviation for interrupt request; very technical
- signal
more general; not specific to computing interrupts
文法句型
interrupt + verb (handling, processing)
hardware/software interrupt
用法筆記
A specialised computing term. In everyday English, the noun 'interruption' (from the verb sense) is much more common. Outside computing, do not use 'interrupt' as a noun.