1 VERB 违反,破坏(条约、法律或承诺) If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it. 违反,破坏(条约、法律或承诺)
SYN break, violate, go against, flout
2 N-VAR (对条约、法律或承诺的)违反,破坏 A breach of an agreement, a law, or a promise is an act of breaking it. (对条约、法律或承诺的)违反,破坏
SYN nonobservance, abuse, violation, infringement
3 N-COUNT (关系的)裂痕,破裂 A breach in a relationship is a serious disagreement which often results in the relationship ending. (关系的)裂痕,破裂 [formal]
SYN disagreement, difference, division, separation
4 VERB 突破;攻破;给…造成缺口 If someone or something breaches a barrier, they make an opening in it, usually leaving it weakened or destroyed. 突破;攻破;给…造成缺口 [formal]
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The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave. [VERB noun]
石灰岩上有许多缝隙,故而树根能从岩洞顶部长出来。
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Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze. [VERB noun]
大火当时有可能把货船上的油罐烧漏了,从而引燃原油。
SYN break through, split, rupture, burst through
5 VERB 突破,攻破(防卫) If you breach someone's security or their defences, you manage to get through and attack an area that is heavily guarded and protected. 突破,攻破(防卫)
6 PHRASE 临时代替;临时顶替 If you step into the breach, you do a job or task which someone else was supposed to do or has done in the past, because they are suddenly unable to do it. 临时代替;临时顶替
Quotations
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more William Shakespeare Henry V
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