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perturb

英/pətˈɜːb/
美/pɝˈtɝb/
01v.

扰乱, 使混乱, 使心绪不宁

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull