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interrupters

/in-tuh-ruhp-ter/US // ˌɪn təˈrʌp tər //UK // (ˌɪntəˈrʌptə) //

中断器,断器,断路器,断线器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that interrupts.
    • : Electricity. a device for interrupting or periodically opening and closing a circuit, as in a doorbell.

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Examples

  • If an interrupter approach fails, at least no one was directly hurt in the process, though there is a potential opportunity cost if the program crowds out more successful approaches.

  • One widely publicized approach, violence interrupters, uses locally trusted community liaisons — typically people who previously were part of gangs or took part in criminal activities — to break up conflicts before they escalate into violence.

  • She noted that her budget allocates increased funding for alternative justice programs such as violence interrupters.

  • “It is necessary to have those violence interrupters in place,” McBroom said, adding that she “absolutely believes” they could have prevented whatever argument preceded Wednesday’s shooting.

  • A very thin vacuum shutter forms a better interrupter of sound waves than a brick wall two or three feet in thickness.

  • The interrupter must be Harry Wilbur; nobody else approached door-knockers in so athletic a spirit.

  • The dual feature consists of the addition to the magneto of a battery interrupter.

  • This relative timing can be easily adjusted by removing the interrupter and shifting the cam in the direction desired.

  • This is accomplished by means of an "interrupter" that either vibrates rapidly or "snaps" once at the formation of each spark.