break vt., vi. broke, broken, breaking

打破；碰破；折斷；打碎 The stone broke the window.石頭打壞了窗子。

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,你會摔死的!

分裂；裂開 The newly-published chronicle breaks down into eight major parts.

這部新出版的編年史分成八大部分。

毀壞；弄壞；損壞 He broke his wristwatch.他把他的手表弄壞了。

（突然用力）變成；成為 The prisoner broke loose.犯人脫逃了。

擦破 to break the skin擦破皮膚

違背；違犯；不遵守 to break the law犯法

He always breaks faith with his clients.他對顧客總是不守信用。

It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.

全組人員干了一整天才把的最主要部分完成了。

If smeone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group.

如果有人違反了制度,就把問題提交給全體成員解決。

闖 He broke into the shop他闖入商店。

馴服；制服 to break a horse馴服一匹馬

超過；超越 to break a record in sports打破運動記錄

泄露；發(fā)布；透露 to break the news 發(fā)布消息

中斷 Let's break for a meal.讓我們休息一下去吃飯吧。

結(jié)束；停止to break the silence打破沉寂

突然發(fā)生，突然出現(xiàn) as day breaks拂曉時Day breaks.; Day dawns.天亮了。

衰退；減弱His health broke.他的衰退。

突變 His voice broke when he was 15.他15歲時嗓音突然變了。

破譯（密碼） She broke their code.她破譯了他們的密碼。

【習慣用語】

break the back of完成主要的或最艱難的部分

It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.

全組人員干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。

break camp拔營

break cover跳出躲藏處

break the ice打破冷場

break new ground有新發(fā)現(xiàn)

The scheme says nothing new; it doesn't break new ground.這個方案沒有新意,它沒有提出新的見解。

break step步伐紊亂

break wind放屁

【詞性變化】break n.破；破裂；破隙 a break in the clouds云朵間的一線青天

暫停；休息 a coffee break飲咖啡的小憩

Let's have a break.讓我們休息一會兒。

After a short break the play continued.休息片刻后,戲繼續(xù)開演。

We've been doing experiments 24 hours without a break.

我們的實驗已連續(xù)不斷地進行了二十四小時。

突變 a break from the past 一反過去的做法

A break anywhere in the circuit may cause the lights in the neighbourhood to go out.

電路上任一處斷路,都會使這一帶的電燈熄滅。

The cold weather broke at the beginning of April. 寒冷的天氣到四月初開始變暖了。

破曉 at day-break破曉時

〈臺球〉連續(xù)擊球得分;〈網(wǎng)球〉接發(fā)球得分

機會；運氣 Give him a break. 給他一次機會。

【常用詞組】

break away逃走；逃脫

The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.搶劫嫌疑犯從拘留所逃脫了。

Modern music like jazz has broken away from the old traditional rules. (喻)

現(xiàn)代音樂如爵士樂擺脫了舊的傳統(tǒng)規(guī)則。

斷裂；開裂

A large piece of ice broke away from the main block. 一大塊冰從整個大冰塊上斷裂開來。

break down 破壞；拆散

The Congressmen of the Republican tried to break down the opposition from their opponents to their proposal. (喻)共和黨的議員們試圖使他們的反對派不再反對他們的提案。

Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.

人體中的元素把食物分解成有用的物質(zhì)。

break down old conventions打破舊框框

The robbers broke the door down.強盜們把門砸開了。

The peace talks are said to have broken down. (喻)據(jù)說和談破裂了。

制服；被制服（機器）損壞

Our truck broke down outside town.我們的卡車在城外拋錨了。

The car broke down halfway to the destination.汽車在到達目的地的中途拋錨了。

The car broke down halfway to the camp.車子在去營地的半路上拋錨了。

The 8 o'clock train broke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the line.'

8點鐘的那趟車因在芬格林車站出了故障而被取消了。

失敗；破裂 Their opposition broke down.他們的反對意見打消了。

精神崩潰；失去控制 He broke down and wept.他不禁失聲痛哭。

起化學變化Food is broken down by chemicals.化學物質(zhì)引起食物轉(zhuǎn)化。

細分；分類

break even不賺不賠；收支平衡

break in 闖入；強行進入

The burglar broke in and stole my money.夜竊賊破門而入,偷了我的錢。

打斷；插嘴 It's her usual habit to break in with some ideas of her own.

他常常打斷別人的話來發(fā)表自己的觀點。

Don't break in when the adventurer is telling his own story.

冒險家講他自己的經(jīng)歷時,別打斷他。

Children shouldn't break in on adults' conversation.

小孩子不要打斷大人們的談話。

The telephone ring broke in on/upon my thoughts.電話鈴聲打斷了我的思路。

訓練；馴養(yǎng)；使（某人）熟悉工作

The engineering doctor from abroad only broke in with us last month.

從國外回來的工程博士是上個月才開始和我們一道工作的。

break into 闖入The thieves broke into the office and stole some money.小偷闖入辦公室，偷了一些錢。

The bandits broke into the jewelry and stole near all the valuable necklaces.

土匪們闖進了珠寶店盜走了幾乎所有值錢的項鏈。

打斷；插話

突然…起來 to break into song突然唱起歌來

The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed 初中物理.

觀眾們爆發(fā)出一陣歡呼,醉漢鞠了一躬。

The car windows broke into pieces when the two cars crashed into each other.

兩輛車相撞時車上的窗玻璃破裂成碎片。

The new waitress dropped the dish on the floor, and it broke into fragments.

新來的女服務員把菜盤子掉在地上,摔成了碎片。

勉強動用 to break into one's savings勉強動用存款

break of 除去（某人的）習性 They broke him of his addiction.他們除去他吸毒的癮。

Doctors keep trying to break him of smoking the drug.醫(yī)生多次設法使他戒毒。

break out逃脫；逃出 to break out of prison越獄而逃

突然發(fā)生 Fire broke out in the kitchen.廚房突然發(fā)生了火災。

It was almost midnight that a fire broke out in the neighbourhood.

昨天快半夜了這兒附近發(fā)生了火災。

World War II broke out in 1939.第二次世界大戰(zhàn)是1939年爆發(fā)的。

His back broke out in spots.他背上出現(xiàn)了許多斑點。

She broke out in curses in her dream.她在夢中大聲咒罵起來。

The fire broke out in the basement.地下室著了火。

Hostilities have broken out between the two countries. 兩國之間爆發(fā)了戰(zhàn)爭。

break through突破 After the storm the sun broke through the clouds.風暴過后太陽沖破了云層。

At last, those physicians and specialists broke through in their fight against heart disease.

那些內(nèi)科醫(yī)生和專家們終于在同心臟病的斗爭中取得了突破。

The guerrillas soon broke through.游擊隊很快就突圍了。

break up分裂; 結(jié)束；解散

The crowd started to break up when the night fell.天快黑時人群開始散開了。

The ice will break up when the warm weather comes.天氣轉(zhuǎn)暖,冰層就會破裂。

Their marriage broke up.他們的婚姻破裂了。

The police broke up the fighting crowd. 警察驅(qū)散了打架的人群。

He may break up under all this pressure.在這么大的壓力下他可能會崩潰。

Break it up!別打啦!

The company top meeting didn't break up until midnight.公司高層會議到半夜才結(jié)束。

The police broke up the fight among the two black gangs. 警察驅(qū)散了兩個黑幫間的毆斗。

（學校）開始放假When will you break up this winter?今年冬季你們什么時候放假?

使發(fā)笑；逗樂；使苦惱 That joke really broke me up. 那個笑話可把我逗樂了。

近義詞： burst crack fracture interruption interval letup pause rest rupture violation

反義詞： mend repair

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