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NOUN. 名词1.?[C 可数名词] 骨折A break is an injury to the body when a bone cracks or splits. 双语例句例: It has caused a bad break to Gabriella's leg. 这导致了加布里埃拉的一条腿严重骨折。 2.?[C 可数名词] 结束 , (对困难或不快的情形的)打破A break in a difficult or unpleasant situation is an end or change to it. 双语例句例: Nothing that might lead to a break in the deadlock has been discussed yet. 任何可能促成僵局破除的举措尚未被讨论。 3.?[C 可数名词] (对传统的)打破 , (对关系的)断绝A break in a tradition is an end to that tradition. A break with a group of people is an end to your involvement with that group. 双语例句例: Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture. 为了与过去断得一干二净,这对夫妻丢弃了他们所有的旧家具。 4.?[C 可数名词] 短暂休息A break is a short period of time when you have a rest or a change from what you are doing, especially if you are working or if you are in a boring or unpleasant situation. 双语例句例: They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break. 他们或许能帮忙看孩子,这样你可以歇歇。 例: I thought a 15 minute break from his work would do him good. 我认为15分钟的工作休息对他会有好处。 5.?[C 可数名词] 短假A break is a short holiday. 双语例句例: They are currently taking a short break in Spain. 他们目前在西班牙休短假。 6.?[C 可数名词] 时来运转A break is a lucky opportunity that someone gets to achieve something. 双语例句例: Her first break came when she was chosen out of 100 guitarists auditioning for a spot on Michael Jackson's tour. 在有一百名吉他手参加的试奏中,她被挑选出来参加迈克尔·杰克逊的巡演,那是她第一次时来运转。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词1.?[PHRASAL 短语] (机器、车辆等)出故障If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working. 双语例句例: Their car broke down. 他们的车抛锚了。 2.?[PHRASAL 短语] (讨论、关系)失败 , (系统)瘫痪If a discussion, relationship, or system breaks down, it fails because of a problem or disagreement. 双语例句例: Talks with business leaders broke down last night. 与商界领导人的谈判于昨晚失败了。 3.?[PHRASAL 短语] (对观点、陈述等)分门别类To break down something such as an idea or statement means to separate it into smaller parts in order to make it easier to understand or deal with. 双语例句例: The report breaks down the results region by region. 该报告将结果按地区一一分类。 4.?[PHRASAL 短语] 分解When a substance breaks down or when something breaks it down, a biological or chemical process causes it to separate into the substances which make it up. 双语例句例: Over time, the protein in the eggshell breaks down into its constituent amino acids. 随着时间的推移,蛋壳中的蛋白质分解成其构成成分--氨基酸。 5.?[PHRASAL 短语] 失控痛哭If someone breaks down, they lose control of themselves and start crying. 双语例句例: Because he was being so kind and concerned, I broke down and cried. 因为他那时对我那般友善关心,我失控哭了起来。 6.?[PHRASAL 短语] 砸倒(门、障碍物)If you break down a door or barrier, you hit it so hard that it falls to the ground. 双语例句例: An unruly mob broke down police barricades and stormed the courtroom. 一群无法无天的暴徒捣毁了警障冲进了法庭。 7.?[PHRASAL 短语] 破除(障碍、偏见等)To break down barriers or prejudices that separate people or restrict their freedom means to change people's attitudes so that the barriers or prejudices no longer exist. 双语例句例: Women's sports are breaking down the barriers in previously male-dominated domains. 女子体育运动正在打破障碍进入一些先前由男子占主导地位的领域。 1.?[PHRASAL 短语] (常指盗贼)破门而入If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force. 双语例句例: Masked robbers broke in and made off with $8,000. 蒙面盗贼们破门而入偷走了8000美元。 2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 打断(谈话、活动)If you break in on someone's conversation or activity, you interrupt them. 双语例句例: O'Leary broke in on his thoughts. 奥利里打断了他的思路。 例: Mrs Southern listened keenly, occasionally breaking in with pertinent questions. 萨瑟恩夫人兴致勃勃地听着,偶尔插入一个相关的问题。 3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 使适应(新工作或新情况)If you break someone in, you get them used to a new job or situation. 双语例句例: The band is breaking in a new backing vocalist, who sounds great. 该乐队在让一名听上去很棒的新伴奏歌手融入到乐队中来。 4.?[PHRASAL 短语] 磨合If you break in something new, you gradually use or wear it for longer and longer periods until it is ready to be used or worn all the time. 双语例句例: When breaking in an engine, you should refrain from high speeds for the first thousand miles. 磨合发动机时,你应当避免在最初的1千英里高速行驶。 1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 强行闯入If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force. 双语例句例: There was no one nearby who might see him trying to break into the house. 当时附近没有人可能看见他试图闯进那所房子。 2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 突然开始(做某事)If someone breaks into something they suddenly start doing it. For example, if someone breaks into a run they suddenly start running, and if they break into song they suddenly start singing. 双语例句例: The moment she was out of sight she broke into a run. 她一走出视线就猛地跑起来。 3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 成功打入(某行业、某领域)If you break into a profession or area of business, especially one that is difficult to succeed in, you manage to have some success in it. 双语例句例: She finally broke into films after an acclaimed stage career. 她在备受赞赏的舞台生涯后终于成功打入了电影界。 1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 脱落 , 用力移除If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force. 双语例句例: The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact. 该飞机的两个机翼因受到撞击而脱落。 例: Grace broke off a large piece of the clay. 格雷斯使劲掰掉了一大块陶土。 2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 突然停止If you break off when you are doing or saying something, you suddenly stop doing it or saying it. 双语例句例: Barry broke off in mid-sentence. 巴里话说到一半突然停止了。 3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 终止(关系)If someone breaks off a relationship, they end it. 双语例句例: The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago. 这两个西非国家两年前已中断了外交关系。 1.?[PHRASAL 短语] (战争、殴斗、疾病等)爆发If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly. 双语例句例: He was 29 when war broke out. 战争爆发时他29岁。 2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 逃出(监狱)If a prisoner breaks out of a prison, they escape from it. 双语例句例: The two men broke out of their cells and cut through a perimeter fence. 那两个男人逃出牢房并穿过了一道围墙。 3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 摆脱(沉闷的处境、常规)If you break out of a dull situation or routine, you manage to change it or escape from it. 双语例句例: It's taken a long time to break out of my own conventional training. 摆脱我自己的传统训练花了很长一段时间。 4.?[PHRASAL 短语] 出(疹子、汗)If you break out in a rash or a sweat, a rash or sweat appears on your skin. 双语例句例: A person who is allergic to cashews may break out in a rash when he consumes these nuts. 对腰果过敏的人吃了这些坚果可能会出疹子。 1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 冲破(障碍)If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it. 双语例句例: Protesters tried to break through a police cordon. 抗议者们试图冲破警察的封锁线。 2.?[PHRASAL 短语] (克服困难和障碍而)获得成功If you break through, you achieve success even though there are difficulties and obstacles. 双语例句例: There is still scope for new writers to break through. 新作家们还有取得成功的机会。 1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 分裂When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts. 双语例句例: Civil war could come if the country breaks up. 如果国家分裂,内战就会来临。 例: Break up the chocolate and melt it. 把巧克力弄碎,使其融化。 2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 分手If you break up with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, your relationship with that person ends. 双语例句例: My girlfriend has broken up with me. 我的女友已和我分手了。 例: He felt appalled by the idea of marriage so we broke up. 他恨透了结婚的念头,所以我们分手了。 3.?[PHRASAL 短语] (婚姻、恋爱关系)破裂If a marriage or romantic relationship breaks up or if someone breaks it up, it ends and the partners separate. 双语例句例: His first marriage broke up. 他的第一次婚姻破裂了。 4.?[PHRASAL 短语] (会议、聚会)解散When a meeting or gathering breaks up or when someone breaks it up, it is brought to an end and the people involved in it leave. 双语例句例: A neighbour asked for the music to be turned down and the party broke up. 一位邻居要求调小音乐,聚会便散了。 例: Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration. 警察使用了催泪瓦斯来驱散示威人群。
VERB. 动词breaks , breaking , broke , broken 1.?[I 不及物动词] 打碎 , 破碎When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped. 双语例句例: He fell through the window, breaking the glass. 他打破玻璃,从窗口摔了出去。 例: The plane broke into three pieces. 那架飞机碎成了3块。 2.?[I 不及物动词] 弄折(骨头) , 骨折If you break a part of your body such as your leg, your arm, or your nose, or if a bone breaks, you are injured because a bone cracks or splits. 双语例句例: She broke a leg in a skiing accident. 她在一次滑雪事故中摔断了一条腿。 例: Old bones break easily. 老骨头容易骨折。 3.?[I 不及物动词] 拆裂 , 开裂If a surface, cover, or seal breaks or if something breaks it, a hole or tear is made in it, so that a substance can pass through. 双语例句例: Once you've broken the seal of a bottle there's no way you can put it back together again. 一旦你撕开瓶子的封口,就没法将它重新合上。 例: The bandage must be put on when the blister breaks. 水疱破口后必须包扎上绷带。 4.?[I 不及物动词] 损坏When a tool or piece of machinery breaks or when you break it, it is damaged and no longer works. 双语例句例: When the clutch broke, the car was locked into second gear. 离合器损坏了后,那辆轿车被锁在了二档。 5.?[T 及物动词] 结束 , 打破(困难或不快的情形)If someone breaks something, especially a difficult or unpleasant situation that has existed for some time, they end it or change it. 双语例句例: We need to break the vicious cycle of violence and counterviolence. 我们需要结束暴力和反暴力的恶性循环。 例: New proposals have been put forward to break the deadlock among rival factions. 新的提议已被提出来以打破对立派之间的僵局。 6.?[T 及物动词] 打破(沉默)If someone or something breaks a silence, they say something or make a noise after a long period of silence. 双语例句例: Hugh broke the silence. 'Is she always late?' he asked. 休打破了沉默,他问:“她总是迟到吗?” 7.?[I 不及物动词] 断绝(关系) , 打破(传统)If you break with a group of people or a traditional way of doing things, or you break your connection with them, you stop being involved with that group or stop doing things in that way. 双语例句例: In 1959, Akihito broke with imperial tradition by marrying a commoner. 1959年,明仁天皇打破皇室传统,与一个平民结了婚。 例: They were determined to break from precedent. 他们决心打破先例。 8.?[T 及物动词] 戒除(习惯)If you break a habit or if someone breaks you of it, you no longer have that habit. 双语例句例: If you continue to smoke, keep trying to break the habit. 如果你还在抽烟,那就继续尝试戒掉这一习惯吧。 9.?[I 不及物动词] (短暂)休息If someone breaks for a short period of time, they rest or change from what they are doing for a short period. 双语例句例: They broke for lunch. 他们停下来吃午饭。 10.?[T 及物动词] (旅行中)使歇脚If you break your journey somewhere, you stop there for a short time so that you can have a rest. 双语例句例: We broke our journey at a small country hotel. 我们在一家小乡村旅店歇了歇脚。 11.?[T 及物动词] 违反If you break a rule, promise, or agreement, you do something that you should not do according to that rule, promise, or agreement. 双语例句例: We didn't know we were breaking the law. 我们那时不知道我们在做违法的事。 例: The company has consistently denied it had knowingly broken arms embargoes. 该公司始终否认故意违反了武器禁运规定。 12.?[I 不及物动词] 挣脱If you break free or loose, you free yourself from something or escape from it. 双语例句例: She broke free by thrusting her elbow into his chest. 她用胳膊肘猛杵他的胸部挣脱了开来。 13.?[T 及物动词] 减弱(打击、坠落等的力度)To break the force of something such as a blow or fall means to weaken its effect, for example, by getting in the way of it. 双语例句例: He sustained serious neck injuries after he broke someone's fall. 他被坠落的人砸中之后受了严重颈伤。 14.?[I 不及物动词] (消息)传开When a piece of news breaks, people hear about it from the newspapers, television, or radio. 双语例句例: The news broke that Montgomery was under investigation. 消息传出说蒙哥马利在受到调查。 15.?[T 及物动词] (常指善意地)说出(不好的消息)When you break a piece of bad news to someone, you tell it to them, usually in a kind way. 双语例句例: Then Louise broke the news that she was leaving me. 之后路易丝说出了她要离开我的消息。 16.?[T 及物动词] 打破(记录)If you break a record, you beat the previous record for a particular achievement. 双语例句例: Carl Lewis has broken the world record in the 100 metres. 卡尔·刘易斯打破了百米赛跑的世界纪录。 17.?[I 不及物动词] 破晓When day or dawn breaks, it starts to grow light after the night has ended. 双语例句例: They continued the search as dawn broke. 他们在天亮之后继续搜寻。 18.?[I 不及物动词] (波浪)落下When a wave breaks, it passes its highest point and turns downward, for example, when it reaches the shore. 双语例句例: Danny listened to the waves breaking against the shore. 丹尼听着波浪拍岸的声音。 19.?[T 及物动词] 破解(密码)If you break a secret code, you work out how to understand it. 双语例句例: It was feared they could break the Allies' codes. 只怕他们能破解盟军的密码。 20.?[I 不及物动词] (嗓音因悲伤、害怕等而)变调If someone's voice breaks when they are speaking, it changes its sound, for example, because they are sad or afraid. 双语例句例: Godfrey's voice broke, and halted. 戈弗雷的嗓音变了调,然后停了下来。 21.?[I 不及物动词] (男孩)变声When a boy's voice breaks, it becomes deeper and sounds more like a man's voice. 双语例句例: He sings with the strained discomfort of someone whose voice hasn't quite broken. 他紧张地唱着,嗓音像个还未完全变声的人。 22.?[I 不及物动词] (天气)突变 , (暴风雨)骤起If the weather breaks or a storm breaks, it suddenly becomes rainy or stormy after a period of sunshine. 双语例句例: I've been waiting for the weather to break. 我一直在等待下雨。
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