A sudden power failure can interrupt the operation of delicate laboratory equipment, compromising experimental results.
突然的停电可能会中断精密实验室设备的运行，从而影响实验结果。
A short story's narrator repeatedly interrupts the main plot with brief tangents about unrelated childhood memories, tangents that only in the story's final page turn out to explain the narrator's puzzling reluctance to trust the story's other characters.
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A podcast transcript on urban planning opens with the host posing a provocative question to a guest, and the remainder of the episode consists of the guest's extended answer, occasionally interrupted by brief follow-up questions that redirect the discussion.
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Which choice best defines “interrupt”?
C — Stop temporarily. “interrupt” means stop temporarily.
Which word means “stop temporarily”?
A — interrupt. “interrupt” means stop temporarily.
interrupt — stop temporarily. In Chinese: 打断，中断.
interrupt is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/.
A sudden power failure can interrupt the operation of delicate laboratory equipment, compromising experimental results. (突然的停电可能会中断精密实验室设备的运行，从而影响实验结果。)
break, disrupt, cut in — all close in meaning to interrupt (stop temporarily).
continue, resume — each the opposite of interrupt (stop temporarily).
Yes. interrupt is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
inter(middle)+rupt(break).