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break
1
使破裂，使破碎；使断裂
I had to break a window to get into the
house.
我只得打破一扇窗户进屋。
break sth in half/two
：
He broke the biscuit in
half and handed one piece to me.
他
把饼干掰成两半，递了一块给我。
He kept pulling at the rope until it
broke.
他一直拉到绳子，直到把它拉断。
The frames are made of plastic and they
tend to break quite easily.
这些框架是塑料
做的，很容易碎裂。
骨头
使骨折
She fell
downstairs and broke her hip.
她从楼梯上摔下来，髋部骨折。
es
机器
弄坏，损坏〔机器〕〔机器〕损坏，失灵
Don’t mess about with my camera
–
you’ll break it.
别乱动我的照相机，
你会把它弄
坏的。
The washing machi
ne’s
broken again.
洗衣机又坏了。
/laws
规定
/
法律
不遵守，违犯
?If
you
break the rules , you will be
punished.
违反规定要受到惩罚。
e/agreement
诺言
/
协议违反，违背〔诺言或协议〕
?I
never
break my promises .
我从不食言。
?You
betrayed me. You
broke your word .
你出卖了我，你说话不算数。
He
was worried that he might be breaking his
contract.
他担心自己可能会违约。
/rest
停下来
/
休息
*+ for+?Shall we break for lunch now?
我们现在停下来吃午饭好吗？
sth
结束某事物
打断，中断
?We need to
break the cycle of poverty and crime in the inner
cities.
我们需要打破
旧城区里贫困和犯罪的恶性循环
。
?We took turns
drivi
ng, in order to try and break the
monotony.
我们轮流开车，免
得乏味。
?New talks will begin on Monday in an
effort to
break the deadlock .
为打破僵局，
星期一将重启会谈。
sb
打垮某人
?Losing his business nearly broke him.
生意亏本几乎将他击垮。
?I
won’t give in. I won’t be broken by him.
我决不服输，我不会被他击垮的。
y
an organization
摧毁，瓦解〔组织〕
?The government succeeded in breaking
the unions.
政府成功地瓦解了工会。
/dawn
（天）刚亮，破晓
?Dawn was breaking by the time we
arrived home.
我们到家的时候天蒙蒙亮。
11.
〔暴风雨〕来临，突然出现
?We were keen to get back to the hotel
before
the storm broke.
我们急于
赶在暴风
雨来临之前回到宾馆。
12.
〔天气〕突然变化
?The following day the weather broke
and we had ten days of solid rain.
第二天天
气突变，一连下了十天的雨。
13.
〔波浪〕迸溅，拍岸
?We sat and watched the waves breaking
on the shore
我们坐着看波涛拍击海岸。
14.
〔男孩子嗓音〕变粗；变声、嗓音因激动而〕变调
?He was fiftee
n, and
his voice was just beginning to break.
他
15
岁，正开始变声。
?Her voice broke as she told us what
had happened.
她向我们诉说发生的一切时，
声
音都变了。
15.
〔消息〕传开、告
诉〔某人不愉快的消息〕
?News of his
resignation broke yesterday.
昨天传出了他辞职的消息。
?I didn’t know how I was going
to
break the news to my mother.
我不知道该怎样
把这个消息告诉母亲。
?The doctor finally broke it to me that
there was no cure.
医生最后终于和我明说，
这个病没法治愈。
a
habit
改掉某习惯〔尤指坏习惯〕
a new drug which helps smokers to break
their habit
帮助吸烟者戒烟的一种新药
a
record
破记录
?an attempt to
break the 10,0
00-metres world record
打破
10,000
米世界记录的努力
a
journey
中途停留
?We decided to
break our journey in Oxford.
我们决定
中途在牛津停留。
19.
break sb’s heart
使某人伤心
[
心碎
+?He
broke my heart when he left me.
他离开
我时，我的心都碎了。
a
strike
迫使罢工结束
?The
government
has
threatened
to
br
ing
in
the
army to break the
10-month-old strike.
政府威胁要调派军队来结束这场历时十个
月的罢工。
a
link/tie/connection
断绝关系
?The
US has now broken all diplomatic links
with the regime.
美国现已和这个政权断绝了所有外交关系。
the
skin
割伤皮肤，撕开皮肤
?Their teeth
are sharp enough to break th
e
skin.
它们牙齿锋利，足以咬破皮肤。
the back of
sth
完成某事物的主要部分；攻克某事物的难关
?I think we’ve broken the back of the
job now.
我想我们现在已经把这工作最难的
部分完成
了。
the
bank
花很多钱；
透支
?A new
hard drive doesn’t have to break the bank.
一个新的硬盘驱动器要不了多少钱。
25.
break sb’s
concentration
分散某人的注意力
?The slightest sound would break his
concentration.
稍有一点动静就会分散他的注
意力。
the silence
打破寂静
[
沉默
+?The silence was broken
by a loud scream.
一
声尖叫打破了寂静。
27.
break sb’s spirit
< br>摧毁某人的意志，
挫某人的锐气
?They could
not break her spirit.
他们摧毁不了她的意志。
28.
break
sb’s
power
削弱某人的权力
?At
last
the
power
of
the
Church
was
finally
broken.
最后，教会的权力终于被削弱了。
the ice
打破冷场
[
僵局
]
?Sam’s arrival broke the ice
and people began to talk and laugh.
萨姆的
到来打破了
沉默，大家开始又说又笑起来。
a
code
破译密码
?Scientists worked
day and night to break the co
de.
为了
破译密码，科学家们日夜工作。
wind
放屁
32.
break (sb’s) serve?Hewitt
broke serve twice in the second set.
休伊
特在第二盘
中两次破对方发球局得分。
a
leg
祝你成功，祝你好运〔尤用于在某人上台表演前〕
THESAURUS
词语辨析
to break something
使破裂，打碎
?Careful you don’t
break the chair.
小心别把椅子弄坏。
〔猛力〕打碎，砸碎
?A
policeman smashed his camera.
一名警察砸碎了
他的照相机。
使分成两半
?Using a
sharp knife, split the melon in half.
用快刀把瓜切成两
半。
re
使断裂，使折断〔尤指骨骼等表面有裂痕〕
?I fell
over and fractured my
wrist.
我摔倒了，手腕骨折。
撕破〔纸或布料〕
?She tore up the
letter and pu
t it in the bin.
她把信撕碎后
扔进了垃圾筒。
?
to become broken
破裂，碎裂
?Plastic
breaks quite easily.
塑料很容易碎裂。
〔遭猛击而〕粉碎
?The bowl smashed as
it hit the floor.
碗打在地上摔碎
了。
裂开；出现裂纹
?The ice
was starting to crack.
冰开始裂了。
〔轮胎、气球、管道等〕破裂，爆裂
?She blew
up
the balloon until it burst.
她吹着气球，直到把它吹爆。
〔沿直线〕裂开
?The damp had caused
the wood to split.
因为潮湿，木头开
裂了。
e
碎裂，崩裂〔成粉末或碎屑〕
?The cork just
crumbled in my hand.
软木
塞就在我手中碎裂了。
break away
1.
〔通常因
意见不合而从某个团体或政党〕脱离出去
?More
than
30
Labour
MPs
broke away to form a new left-wing
party.
三十多名工党议员脱离工党，成立了一
个新的左
翼党派。
2.
离开〔家、家人或工作〕
?I
felt the need to break away from
home.
我觉得有必要
从家里出来。
3.
逃脱，
挣脱，
逃离
?She started crying and tried to
break away.
她大叫起来，
想要
< br>挣脱开去。
4.
甩开
〔其他参赛者〕
?Radcliffe broke away 200
metres before the finish.
拉德克利
夫在距终点
200
米处甩开了其他对手。
< br>
5.
松开，脱开
?Part
of the plane’s wing had broken away.
机翼的有些地方脱开了。
break down
1.
停止运转，出故障
?The
car
broke
down
just
north
of
Paris.
汽车就在
2.
失败
?Negotiations broke down after
only two days.
谈判只进行了两天就破裂了。
3.
break sth ←→
down
if you break down a door, you hit
it so hard that it breaks and
falls to
the ground
撞倒，
打破，
砸
破
〔门〕
?Police had to break
down the door to get
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