disturbance

例句：

1. The police have been called in to quell a minor disturbance.
   警察奉命出動以平息一場小規模的騷亂。
2. Those men were charged by the police with causing a disturbance.
   那些人因製造騷亂被警方控訴。
3. The noise of cars passing along the road is a continual disturbance to our quiet at home.
   馬路上來往的車輛聲音不斷地破壞我們家的安寧。

　

英文解釋：

名詞 disturbance:

1. activity that is an intrusion or interruption
   同義詞：perturbation
2. an unhappy and worried mental state
   同義詞：perturbation, upset
3. a disorderly outburst or tumult
   同義詞：disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
4. a noisy fight
   同義詞：affray, fray, ruffle
5. the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
6. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
   同義詞：mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
7. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
   同義詞：noise, interference

　

詞意辨析：

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

這些名詞均表示事物的混亂狀態。
confusion: 指東西攪混在一起，凌亂得難以辨認；也可指思想混亂，以致無法進行正常的思維活動。
disorder: 正式用詞，含義廣泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混亂；也可指社會中的動亂或騷亂。
disturbance: 主要指社會中政治性的動亂、騷亂；也可指個人或少數人的鬧事。
mess: 語氣強，口語中較常用的非正式用詞。指既混亂又骯髒，尤指人思想混亂或外表不整潔。
chaos: 著重指令人無能為力或感到絕望的混亂狀態。突出沒有很好的組織。