| 单词 | break up |
| 释义 | break upbreak up phrasal verbphr v a) BREAK INTO PIECESBREAKif something breaks up, or if you break it up, it breaks into a lot of small pieces （使）碎裂，（使）破裂 It seems that the plane just broke up in the air. 飞机似乎突然就在空中解体了。 break something ↔ up Use a fork to break up the soil. 用叉子松松土。 b) SEPARATESEPARATE break something ↔ up to separate something into several smaller parts 分拆，分解 There are plans to break the company up into several smaller independent companies. 有计划要把这家公司分拆成几家独立的小公司。 You need a few trees and bushes to break up the lawn. 你需要种些树和灌木把草坪分隔开来。 c) FIGHTSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENING break something ↔ up to stop a fight 阻止〔打斗〕 Three policemen were needed to break up the fight. 有要三名警察才能制止这场斗殴。 d) break something ↔ up to make people leave a place where they have been meeting or protesting 驱散〔集会或抗议的人群〕 Government soldiers broke up the demonstration. 政府军驱散了示威人群。 Police moved in to break up the meeting. 警察进来驱散集会。 e) MARRIAGE/ORGANIZATIONFINISH/COME TO AN ENDif a marriage, group of people, or relationship breaks up, the people in it separate and do not live or work together anymore 〔婚姻或关系〕破裂；〔团体〕散伙 He lost his job and his marriage broke up. 他丢了工作，婚姻也破裂了。 The couple broke up last year. 这对情侣去年分手了。 Many bands break up because of personality clashes between the musicians. 许多乐队因为音乐人之间性格之间的冲突而解散。 with → breakup Has Sam really broken up with Lucy? 山姆真的和露茜分手了吗？ f) CROWDCROWDif a meeting or party breaks up, people start to leave 〔会议或聚会〕解散，散会，结束 The party didn’t break up until after midnight. 聚会直到过了半夜才结束。 The meeting broke up without any agreement. 这场会议无果而终。 g) SCHOOL British EnglishBrEFINISH/COME TO AN END when a school breaks up, it closes for a holiday 〔学校〕放假 School breaks up next week. 学校下个星期放假。 for When do you break up for Easter? 你们复活节什么时候开始放假？ h) MAKE somebody LAUGH break somebody up American EnglishAmE informalFUNNY to make someone laugh by saying or doing something funny 使某人大笑 He breaks me up! 他让我笑破了肚皮！ Examples from the Corpus break up• The protest continued peacefully until government troops moved in to break it up.• When does your school break up?• If you have to give a long explanation, try to break it up.• In spring the icebergs begin to break up.• Newspaper stories often have a lot to do with showbusiness marriages breaking up.• Breaking meetings up and harassing party members are just some of the tactics our opponents have used.• The comet was formed when a planet broke up at some time in the distant past.• The conference was broken up by animal rights campaigners.• Two of the missiles apparently broke up in flight.• Eventually, the old ruling group broke up into a number of political parties.• Tom and I broke up last year.• What finally caused the break-up of your marriage?• The kids break up on Wednesday.• The ice breaks up quicker near the shore.• The crowd broke up slowly.• The police were attacked as they tried to break up the crowd.• The police were instructed to break up the demonstration and arrest the ringleaders.• Police broke up the demonstration with tear gas.• The police had to use tear gas to break up the protest.• I can't imagine ever breaking up with my wife. break with• I never said a word about my decision to break up with her.• When his girlfriend returns, he breaks up with her.• The meeting broke up with mixed feelings, but after a few days it became clear that we were in business.• A further conference at La Ferté-Bernard in July 1168 met in an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and broke up with nothing achieved.• He'd broken up with Pat but ... he was always talking about her.• The fights in Seattle were broken up with pepper spray when as many as 4,000 people crowded into the streets.• I'd just broken up with some one else. break for• The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up for scrap.• They must never be broken up for short-term gain. 3.• Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time. → break up at break1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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