break through
phrasal verbbreak through
- to make new and important discoveries
有新的重大发现；突破 - Scientists think they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer.
科学家认为他们在对抗癌症的研究中开始有所突破。
- Scientists think they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer.
break through | break through something
- to make a way through something using force
冲破；突破 - Demonstrators broke through the police cordon.
示威者冲破了警方的警戒线。 - There was a police cordon around the site but the demonstrators still broke through.
现场周围已拉起警戒线，但示威者仍冲破。
- Demonstrators broke through the police cordon.
- (of the sun or moon) to appear from behind clouds
从云层后露出 - The sun broke through at last in the afternoon.
下午太阳终于拨云而出。 - At last the moon broke through the clouds and they could see their way.
月亮终于冲破云层，他们看清了路。
- The sun broke through at last in the afternoon.
break through something
- to succeed in dealing with an attitude that somebody has and the difficulties it creates
克服；战胜 - He had finally managed to break through her reserve.
他终于设法消除了她的拘谨。
- He had finally managed to break through her reserve.