disturb的基本意思是扰乱别人正在干的事,使别人感到厌烦,或指某事物使某人的心绪受到明显的干扰,如焦急、困惑、失望等。可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后可接名词、代词作简单宾语。可用于被动结构。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
Do not disturb.请勿打扰。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
Don't disturb the sleeping child.不要惊扰了正睡觉的孩子。
Someone has disturbed my books.有人把我的书弄乱了。
The child continually disturbs the class.那孩子不断地扰乱课堂秩序。
She has disturbed his plans for going abroad.她打乱了他出国的全部计划。
They were charged with disturbing public peace.他们被指控扰乱社会治安。
Heavy truck traffic disturbed the neighbourhood.重型卡车的来来往往扰乱了这一带的安宁。
A light wind disturbed the surface of the water.微风拂动水面。
It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能,使我深感不安。
His passion for his cause disturbed me.他对事业的热情使我焦虑不安。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He did not wish to be disturbed in this work.他做这项工作时不愿受到打扰。
Plant it where it will not be disturbed.把它种在不会受到损害的地方。
Nothing has been disturbed.东西都在原处,没有动过。
The bilateral relationship was seriously disturbed by the border incident.这一边境事件严重影响了双边关系。
He was internally disturbed to hear of her illness.听说她病了,他内心很不安。
I felt disturbed to hear of your illness.听说你生了病,我感到不安。
其他
He has had some disturbing experience.他有过一些使他很不舒服的经历。
This was disturbing news to them indeed.这确实是个使他们感到很不安的消息。

disturb, agitate, perturb, upset
这组词都有“扰乱”的意思。其区别是:disturb有时并不意味着使受扰的人动了感情; perturb的意思是“把…扰得紊乱不安”,使受扰乱者焦急烦恼; agitate强调使受扰乱者感情激动甚至不能克制自己; upset的意思是使人心绪烦乱,感觉不舒服,或打乱预定的安排。
disturb, annoy, bother, interfere, interrupt, irritate, trouble, worry
参见bother条。