disorder
disorder
noun
noun
- [mass noun]a state of confusion
混乱，凌乱
signs of disorder and decay met them at each open door.
他们每打开一扇门看到的都是满目的凌乱和衰败。
■the disruption of peaceful and law-abiding behaviour
骚乱；动乱
recurrent food crises led to periodic outbreaks of disorder.
一再发生的食物危机带来的是骚乱的周期性爆发。
■[count noun](Medicine)a disruption of normal physical or mental functions; a disease or abnormal condition
(医)（身体）失调；（精神）失常；疾病；异常
skin disorders.
皮肤不适。
[mass noun]an improved understanding of mental disorder.
对精神失常的进一步了解。
- [with obj.][usu. as adj. disordered]disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of
使紊乱；打乱
she went to comb her disordered hair.
她去梳了梳凌乱的头发。
his sleep is disordered.
他的睡眠不正常。
■(Medicine)disrupt the healthy or normal functioning of
(医)使健康失调；使功能紊乱
a patient who is mentally disordered.
一位精神紊乱的病人。
- late 15th cent. (as a verb in the sense 'upset the order of'): alteration, influenced by order, of earlier disordain, from Old French desordener, ultimately based on Latin ordinare 'ordain'
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