1 PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)分裂;(被)拆分;(使)破碎 When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts. (使)分裂;(被)拆分;(使)破碎
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Civil war could come if the country breaks up. [VERB PREP.]
如果国家分裂就会爆发内战。
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There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely. [VERB PREP.]
这艘船有彻底解体的危险。
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Break up the chocolate and melt it. [VERB PREP. noun]
把巧克力弄碎,使其熔化。
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He broke the bread up into chunks and gave Meer a big one. [V n P + into]
他把面包掰成数块,给了米尔一块大的。
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Tanks are strongly built. It is a complicated and difficult process to break them up. [VERB noun PREP.]
坦克造得都很坚固,拆卸过程复杂而艰难。
2 PHR-V-RECIP (恋人)分手;(夫妻)结束关系 If you break up with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, your relationship with that person ends. (恋人)分手;(夫妻)结束关系
3 PHRASAL VERB-ERG (婚姻关系)破裂;结束(婚姻关系) If a marriage breaks up or if someone breaks it up, the marriage ends and the partners separate. (婚姻关系)破裂;结束(婚姻关系)
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MPs say they work too hard and that is why so many of their marriages break up. [VERB PREP.]
国会议员们声称他们工作过于辛劳,因而导致他们当中很多人婚姻破裂。
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Fred has given me no good reason for wanting to break up our marriage. [VERB PREP. noun]
弗雷德没能给我一个想要结束我们婚姻的正当理由。
4 PHRASAL VERB-ERG 散(会);(使)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. 散(会);(使)解散
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A neighbour asked for the music to be turned down and the party broke up. [VERB PREP.]
因为一个邻居要求把音乐音量调低,聚会便散了。
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Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration. [VERB PREP. noun]
警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
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He charged into the crowd. 'Break it up,' he shouted. [VERB noun PREP.]
他冲进人群,大喊道:“散开。”
SYN stop, end, suspend, disrupt
5 PHRASAL VERB (学校或学生)放假 When a school or the pupils in it break up, the school term ends and the pupils start their holidays. (学校或学生)放假 [British]
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It's the last week before they break up, and they're doing all kinds of Christmas things. [VERB PREP.]
这是放假前的最后一周,他们正在为圣诞节作各种准备。
6 PHRASAL VERB (因信号受到干扰)声音断断续续 If you say that someone is breaking up when you are speaking to them on a mobile telephone, you mean that you can only hear parts of what they are saying because the signal is interrupted. (因信号受到干扰)声音断断续续
7 PHRASAL VERB 使(某人)失控 If something breaks someone up, it causes them to lose control and begin to laugh or cry. 使(某人)失控