| 词汇 | break |
| 释义 | break /breɪk/ vt., vi.broke, broken, breaking1. 打破；碰破；折断；打碎The stone broke the window.石头打坏了窗子。 The cup broke on the floor.杯子摔碎在地板上了。 You'll break your neck if you aren't more careful! (喻)你如果不加倍小心，你会摔死的! 2. 分裂；裂开The newly-published chronicle breaks down into eight major parts.这部新出版的编年史分成八大部分。 3. 毁坏；弄坏；损坏He broke his wristwatch.他把他的手表弄坏了。 4. （突然用力）变成；成为The prisoner broke loose.犯人脱逃了。 5. 擦破to break the skin擦破皮肤 6. 违背；违犯；不遵守to break the law犯法 He always breaks faith with his clients.他对顾客总是不守信用。 It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.全组人员干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。 If smeone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group.如果有人违反了制度，就把问题提交给全体成员解决。 7. 闯He broke into the shop他闯入商店。 8. 驯服；制服to break a horse驯服一匹马 9. 超过；超越to break a record in sports打破运动记录 10. 泄露；发布；透露to break the news发布消息 11. 中断Let's break for a meal.让我们休息一下去吃饭吧。 12. 结束；停止to break the silence打破沉寂 13. 突然发生，突然出现as day breaks拂晓时 Day breaks.; Day dawns.天亮了。 14. 衰退；减弱His health broke.他的健康衰退。 15. 突变His voice broke when he was 15.他15岁时嗓音突然变了。 16. 破译（密码）She broke their code.她破译了他们的密码。 break away1. 逃走；逃脱 The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.抢劫嫌疑犯从拘留所逃脱了。 Modern music like jazz has broken away from the old traditional rules. (喻)现代音乐如爵士乐摆脱了旧的传统规则。 2. 断裂；开裂A large piece of ice broke away from the main block.一大块冰从整个大冰块上断裂开来。 break down1. 破坏；拆散 The Congressmen of the Republican tried to break down the opposition from their opponents to their proposal. (喻)共和党的议员们试图使他们的反对派不再反对他们的提案。 Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.人体中的化学元素把食物分解成有用的物质。 break down old conventions打破旧框框 The robbers broke the door down.强盗们把门砸开了。 The peace talks are said to have broken down. (喻)据说和谈破裂了。 2. 制服；被制服3. （机器）损坏Our truck broke down outside town.我们的卡车在城外抛锚了。 The car broke down halfway to the destination.汽车在到达目的地的中途抛锚了。 The car broke down halfway to the camp.车子在去营地的半路上抛锚了。 The 8 o'clock train broke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the line.'8点钟的那趟车因在芬格林车站出了故障而被取消了。 4. 失败；破裂Their opposition broke down.他们的反对意见打消了。 5. 精神崩溃；失去控制He broke down and wept.他不禁失声痛哭。 6. 起化学变化Food is broken down by chemicals.化学物质引起食物转化。 7. 细分；分类break even不赚不赔；收支平衡 break in1. 闯入；强行进入 The burglar broke in and stole my money.夜窃贼破门而入，偷了我的钱。 2. 打断；插嘴It's her usual habit to break in with some ideas of her own.他常常打断别人的话来发表自己的观点。 Don't break in when the adventurer is telling his own story.冒险家讲他自己的经历时，别打断他。 Children shouldn't break in on adults' conversation.小孩子不要打断大人们的谈话。 The telephone ring broke in on/upon my thoughts.电话铃声打断了我的思路。 3. 训练；驯养；使（某人）熟悉工作The engineering doctor from abroad only broke in with us last month.从国外回来的工程博士是上个月才开始和我们一道工作的。 break into1. 闯入 The thieves broke into the office and stole some money.小偷闯入办公室，偷了一些钱。 The bandits broke into the jewelry and stole near all the valuable necklaces.土匪们闯进了珠宝店盗走了几乎所有值钱的项链。 2. 打断；插话3. 突然…起来to break into song突然唱起歌来 The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed.观众们爆发出一阵欢呼，醉汉鞠了一躬。 The car windows broke into pieces when the two cars crashed into each other.两辆车相撞时车上的窗玻璃破裂成碎片。 The new waitress dropped the dish on the floor, and it broke into fragments.新来的女服务员把菜盘子掉在地上，摔成了碎片。 4. 勉强动用to break into one's savings勉强动用存款 break of除去（某人的）习性 They broke him of his addiction.他们除去他吸毒的瘾。 Doctors keep trying to break him of smoking the drug.医生多次设法使他戒毒。 break out1. 逃脱；逃出 to break out of prison越狱而逃 2. 突然发生Fire broke out in the kitchen.厨房突然发生了火灾。 It was almost midnight that a fire broke out in the neighbourhood.昨天快半夜了这儿附近发生了火灾。 World War II broke out in 1939.第二次世界大战是1939年爆发的。 His back broke out in spots.他背上出现了许多斑点。 She broke out in curses in her dream.她在梦中大声咒骂起来。 The fire broke out in the basement.地下室着了火。 Hostilities have broken out between the two countries.两国之间爆发了战争。 break through突破 After the storm the sun broke through the clouds.风暴过后太阳冲破了云层。 At last, those physicians and specialists broke through in their fight against heart disease.那些内科医生和专家们终于在同心脏病的斗争中取得了突破。 The guerrillas soon broke through.游击队很快就突围了。 break up1. 分裂2. 结束；解散 The crowd started to break up when the night fell.天快黑时人群开始散开了。 The ice will break up when the warm weather comes.天气转暖，冰层就会破裂。 Their marriage broke up.他们的婚姻破裂了。 The police broke up the fighting crowd.警察驱散了打架的人群。 He may break up under all this pressure.在这么大的压力下他可能会崩溃。 Break it up!别打啦! The company top meeting didn't break up until midnight.公司高层会议到半夜才结束。 The police broke up the fight among the two black gangs.警察驱散了两个黑帮间的殴斗。 3. （学校）开始放假When will you break up this winter?今年冬季你们什么时候放假？ 4. 使发笑；逗乐；使苦恼That joke really broke me up.那个笑话可把我逗乐了。 break the back of完成主要的或最艰难的部分 It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.全组人员干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。 break camp拔营 break cover跳出躲藏处 break the ice打破冷场 break new ground有新发现 The scheme says nothing new; it doesn't break new ground.这个方案没有新意，它没有提出新的见解。 break step步伐紊乱 break wind放屁 n.1. 破；破裂；破隙 a break in the clouds云朵间的一线青天 2. 暂停；休息a coffee break饮咖啡的小憩 Let's have a break.让我们休息一会儿。 After a short break the play continued.休息片刻后，戏继续开演。 We've been doing experiments 24 hours without a break.我们的实验已连续不断地进行了二十四小时。 3. 突变a break from the past一反过去的做法 A break anywhere in the circuit may cause the lights in the neighbourhood to go out.电路上任一处断路，都会使这一带的电灯熄灭。 The cold weather broke at the beginning of April.寒冷的天气到四月初开始变暖了。 4. 破晓at day-break破晓时 5. 〈台球〉连续击球得分6. 〈网球〉接发球得分7. 机会；运气Give him a break.给他一次机会。 |
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