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break (obj) DIVIDEbreIkvpast simple broke HbrRWk, $broWk, past part broken H9brRWYkEn, $9broW-to (cause to) divide into two or more parts or groups打乱（队形等）;打破…的规则状态;打破…的统一格局;分散，散开;散场;分类;分开;分解，分化One or two of the tourists broke away ( from the tour group) (= left it) and wandered on their own. [I]有一两个游客离团独自游玩去了。These enzymes break down food in the stomach (= cause food to separate into smaller pieces). [M]这些酶在胃中分解食物。I asked for my exam result to be broken down (= divided into smaller parts) into the marks for each paper. [M]我要求将我的考试成绩分成每份试卷的分数。Break off (= Remove by breaking) a piece of chocolate for me, would you? [M]分给我一块巧克力，好吗？The emigration of young people often breaks up families (= causes them to separate). [M]年轻人的移民经常导致家庭分裂。(infml esp. Am) That show really broke me up (= made me laugh a lot).那场演出真使我大笑不止。To break (up) the ground / soil is to dig an area that has not been dug.破土，动工We could use a machine to break (up) the ground first. [T / M]我们可以先用机器破土。The builders expect to break ground (= start digging the base for a new building) next week.建设者们希望下周破土动工。To break fresh / new ground is to do or discover something new.开辟新天地，开始新的事业This recovery technique breaks new ground.这种康复技术开辟了新天地。(fml old use) To break bread is to eat a meal.吃饭，共餐To break bread is also to take holy communion.领圣餐，分圣餐(infml) Someone suggested that we play a party game to break the ice (= remove feelings of embarrassment among people who have not met before).有人建议我们玩一个集体游戏来打破沉闷冷场局面。 [ICE 中的ice-breaker]If something breaks the mould, it is new and different.打破常规Their approach to sports teaching broke the mould.他们的体育教学方法打破了常规。His medical colleagues advised him not to break ranks (= be disloyal to the group to which he belonged) by talking about the hospital's problems to the newspapers.他的医院同事们建议他不要向报纸谈论医院的问题以免涣散人心。
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