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。
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 machine’s broken again. 洗衣机又坏了。
规定/法律不遵守，违犯。
if youbreaktherules, you will be punished. 违反规定要受到惩罚。
诺言/协议违反，违背〔诺言或协议〕
i neverbreakmypromises. 我从不食言。
you betrayed me. youbrokeyourword. 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。
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 driving, 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 tobreakthedeadlock. 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。
an organization摧毁，瓦解〔组织〕
the government succeeded in breaking the unions. **成功地瓦解了工会。
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 w**es 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 fifteen, 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 tobreakthenewsto 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**。
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 10,000-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。
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 bring in the army to break the 10-month-old strike. **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**，撕开**their teeth are sharp enough to break the skin. 它们牙齿锋利，足以咬破**。
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 h**e to break the bank. 一个新的硬盘驱动器要不了多少钱。
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。
sb’s spirit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。
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 code. 为了破译密码，科学家们日夜工作。
wind放屁。
(sb’s) servehewitt 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。
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 put 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。
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