- 打碎,打破,使破裂,使碎裂;冲破:
She broke a vase.
她打碎了一只花瓶。
Tom is always breaking glasses.
汤姆老打碎玻璃杯。
- 折断(骨头等):
She broke her leg.
她摔断了一条腿。
The old man broke a tooth on a bone.
这老人咬上骨头把一颗牙折断了。
- 使(血管)破裂:
He almost broke a blood vessel from laughing so hard.
他几乎笑破了血管。
- 损坏,毁坏,弄坏,摔坏:
He broke a watch.
他摔坏了手表。
I think I've broken your cassette recorder.
我想我已弄坏了你的盒式磁带录音机了。
- 打开,切开,撕破,刺破,割破,擦破(皮肤等的表面);撕裂…的表面:
When he fell he just broke the skin.
当他跌倒时,他只擦破皮肤。
- 刺破,撕破(疱、水泡):
He broke the blister with a needle.
他用针扎破水疱。
- 破(土),翻(土),开垦
- 凭借暴力(或法律权力以外的)手段使失败,弄垮,破坏:
to break a strike
破坏罢工
- 使不起作用,使失去用处;使(法律、规章等)失效
- 训练,驯,驯服(动物),使习惯于人的操纵(或驾驭),使服从:
to break a horse
驯服马
- 去掉,戒除,放弃(习惯);使放弃习惯;纠正(常与of连用):
He found it hard to break the cigarette habit.
他发现很难戒掉抽烟的习惯。
Her mother tried to break her of her habit of biting her fingernails.
她母亲企图使她放弃咬指甲的习惯。
- 使降职,把…降级,革职,把…撤职
- 使穷困,使耗尽资金,耗尽;使破产:
The boss threatened to break her if she didn't stop discounting their products.
那位老板威胁说如果她不停止削价出售他们的产品,他将使她破产。
- 使成功的机会被毁,破坏…获致成功的机会,使前途无望
- 摧残(身体健康);挫伤(锐气);(在实力、健康等方面)使垮掉;(在精神上)制服,使屈服,压倒:
He broke her by the threat of blackmail.
他用敲诈勒索的威胁使她屈服。
- 使极伤心,(以悲伤、怜悯)挫伤:
He really broke his father's heart when he left home.
当他离家时,他确实使父亲很伤心。
She broke his heart when she married another.
当她和别人结婚时她伤透了他的心。
- 超过,超越,打破(纪录);(以更优成绩)改写(得分或纪录):
When he jumped over eight feet ten inches he broke the old record 7 feet 20 inches.
当他跳过8英尺10英寸时,他打破了7英尺20英寸的旧纪录。
- 【网球】接(发球)得分
- 违犯,违背(诺言);违反(法律);破坏(协定);不顾:
He broke his promise.
他违背了诺言。
She broke her promise not to drink.
她违背了不喝酒的诺言。
- 砸破;闯进;【法律】闯入(房屋、商店等);破门而入:
to break a safe
砸开保险箱
He broke a window to get into the house.
他破窗入屋。
- 破…而入;辟出(路径等);冲破(障碍等):
The stone broke the surface of the water.
那块石头穿透水面。
- 强行越(狱),越出,跳出;(强行)逃走;挣断(锁链等);从…挣脱:
to break prison
越狱
to break loose
挣脱
- 拆散,拆毁,拆开(整体);打破…的规则状态,打乱…的统一格局:
He had to break the set to sell us the three blue ones we wanted.
他只好拆散一套,把我们想要的那三个蓝色的卖给我们。
- 【军事】使(士兵等)离开编队,打乱(队形等),使溃散;使不规则,使不整齐:
The troops broke formation and ran.
士兵们溃逃。
- 中止或中断(旅程等),使(突然)中断;终止,使不再继续:
She broke radio contact when she realized she was being intercepted.
当她意识到她被侦听时,她中断了无线电联系。
- 切断(电路等):
The worker broke the circuit by disconnecting the wires.
这名工人通过割断电线切断了电路。
- 减少,削弱(雨雪量、风力等),(以阻隔等)减弱…的势头,减轻(打击等)的力度,减弱(影响):
His arm broke the blow.
他的手臂削弱了那一击的力度。
In order to break your fall, slap your arm against the floor as you go down.
为了减弱你跌倒的势头,当你倒下时用手臂撑着地板。
- 突然结束,终止,停止(有时与off连用):
They broke off friendly relations with another country.
他们断绝了与另一国家的友好关系。
They broke all ties with that country.
他们与那个国家断绝了一切联系。
- 打破(沉默、寂静);冲破或划破(黑暗等),驱散:
The bleating of a foghorn broke the silence.
雾角的鸣声打破了寂静。
A scream broke the silence.
一声惊叫声打破了寂静。
to break the ice
打破沉默,使气氛活跃
- 【新闻学】发表,公布,发布(消息等):
He will break the story tomorrow morning.
他明天上午将发表新闻报道。
The reporter promised not to break the story.
记者答应不公布这消息。
- 透露,泄露;说出;发出(声音等):
She broke the good news to him at lunch.
吃午饭时她向他透露了那则好消息。
He had to break the news to her.
他不得不向她泄露那消息。
- 破译(密码);识破:
to break a code
破译密码
to break the Japanese war codes
破译日本战争密码
- 破(案),破获(案件):
to break a criminal case
破获一刑事案
to break a murder case
破一凶杀案
The police needed only one day to break this case.
警方仅用一天就破了此案。
- 【法律】通过法律手续使(遗嘱)失效,(以正当司法手续)废弃(遗嘱)
- 证明(托辞)的虚假,证明…不实:
The police broke her alibi by proving she knew how to shoot a pistol.
警方通过她知道如何使用手枪射击来证明案发时她不在现场的辩解不实。
- 开创,开始,打开;(尤指大张旗鼓地)发动:
The company was going to break the sales campaign with a parade in May.
该公司将在5月份搞游行以开展销售活动。
- 【船舶学】迅速展开(旗杆上的旗帜等)
- 兑开(大额钞票、硬币等),兑成(零钱),整票兑零,使化整为零,分开:
He broke a dollar bill into change.
他把一元钞票兑成零钱。
Can you break a ten-dollar bill?
你能兑开一张10元钞票吗?
- 使剧跌,使骤跌,使骤减
- 克制,控制(感情)
- (水手等)休假后逾期不归(船)
- 打开(后膛枪)的枪栓,打开(猎枪、步枪、手枪)的枪栓(或发射部分)
- 【语音学】使(元音)发生割裂
- 【拳击】拆散(抱持的拳击手)
- 【棒球、板球】使(球)曲线飞行,使(球)突然转向
- 【台球】用球将一堆弹子球击散
- [美国英语]跳霹雳舞