intrusive
intrusive — 形容詞
1. An intrusive person, question, or activity enters your private life or personal
侵擾的
侵犯私人空間或隱私使人不悅的
An intrusive person, question, or activity enters your private life or personal space without permission, often making you feel uncomfortable or bothered.
The reporter's questions about Tamar's divorce felt deeply intrusive.
記者對 Tamar 離婚的追問讓人覺得極度侵擾。
collocation: deeply intrusive
Wren found her neighbour's constant watching through the window intrusive.
Wren 覺得鄰居不斷從窗戶窺視的行為很侵擾。
pattern: find something + intrusive
Imran tried to ignore the intrusive advertisements that kept appearing on his phone.
Imran 試著忽略手機上不斷出現的侵擾性廣告。
The security camera pointed directly into Putri's kitchen felt intrusive and unnecessary.
那支直接對著 Putri 廚房的監視器顯得既侵擾又沒有必要。
Gabriel told his colleague that her comments about his personal life were intrusive.
Gabriel 告訴同事，她對他私生活的評論很侵擾。
- invasive
stronger than 'intrusive', often implies active and harmful entry; used for medical procedures, species, or aggressive surveillance
- nosy
informal, specifically about curiosity in others' private matters; less strong than 'intrusive'
- prying
focuses on the act of trying to find out private information; often describes questions or looks
- respectful
shows proper regard for another person's privacy and boundaries
用法筆記
Frequently used with verbs like 'feel', 'find', and 'seem' to describe a person's subjective reaction to something.
常見錯誤
2. In geology, intrusive describes rock formed from magma that cooled and hardened
侵入的
岩漿在地殼內冷卻形成的岩石
In geology, intrusive describes rock formed from magma that cooled and hardened beneath the earth's surface rather than on it.
The granite in this region is an intrusive rock that formed millions of years ago.
這個地區的花崗岩是數百萬年前形成的侵入岩。
collocation: intrusive rock
Geologists can tell intrusive rock from extrusive rock by studying the crystal size.
地質學家可以透過觀察晶體大小來區分侵入岩和噴出岩。
contrast: intrusive vs extrusive
Minh examined the intrusive formation where magma had pushed between older layers of stone.
Minh 檢查了岩漿擠入較老岩層之間所形成的侵入構造。
Intrusive igneous rocks often contain large crystals because they cooled very slowly underground.
侵入火成岩通常含有大晶體，因為它們在地下冷卻得非常緩慢。
- plutonic
a more technical synonym referring specifically to very deep underground formations
- extrusive
describes rock formed from lava that cooled on the earth's surface
用法筆記
This sense is attributive only — it appears before a noun (intrusive rock, intrusive magma) and is not used predicatively. The opposite geological term is 'extrusive'.
常見錯誤
3. In phonetics, a sound is described as intrusive when speakers add it between two
插入的
為方便發音而插入兩個音之間的聲音
In phonetics, a sound is described as intrusive when speakers add it between two existing sounds to make pronunciation feel more natural.
Some British English speakers produce an intrusive 'r' between words like 'law' and 'and'.
有些英國英語使用者會在 'law' 和 'and' 之間發出插入音 'r'。
example: intrusive 'r' in British English
Linguists study intrusive sounds to understand how people naturally make speech easier.
語言學家研究插入音，以了解人們如何自然地讓說話更順暢。
pattern: study intrusive sounds
The intrusive 't' in words like 'sense' is heard in casual speech in some dialects.
像 'sense' 這類單字中的插入音 't'，在某些方言的口語中可以聽到。
Hao naturally added an intrusive 'r' between 'saw' and 'it' to ease pronunciation.
Hao 在 'saw' 和 'it' 之間自然地加了一個插入音 'r'，使發音更順暢。
- epenthetic
the formal linguistic term for an extra sound inserted into a word or between words
用法筆記
Often used before a specific sound symbol in single quotation marks (intrusive 'r', intrusive 't'). The most well-known example in English is intrusive 'r', common in non-rhotic British accents.