- 突然离开，突然脱离，强行逃脱，脱身，挣脱，脱落(from)：
The criminal broke away from his captors.
那名罪犯摆脱了抓捕他的人。
- (赛跑、赛马等中)抢跑，偷跑，提前起跑，过早出发(或开始)，抢先开始：
The horse broke away from the starting gate.
那匹马从起跑门抢跑。
- 【足球、冰球】突然转守为攻；摆脱
- 拆毁，拆去；砍去，弄掉；脱开：
He broke away the veneer with a chisel.
他用凿子把胶合板拆开。
The wing of the plane broke away in mid-air and the plane crashed.
那架飞机的机翼在空中脱落，飞机坠毁了。
- 破成碎片：
The surface is rotten and breaks away when you touch it.
这物表面已朽坏，你一碰就碎了。
- (云雾等)消散，消失：
The frost was breaking away.
凝霜渐渐消散了。
- 叛离，背离，脱离(政党、国家、教会等)；摆脱；从…退出；不再忠于；断绝关系(from):
He decided to break away from the Party.
他决定脱党。
- 突然改变；放弃(习惯、思想方式或信仰等)；打破(陈规等)；破坏(法律、规章等) (from):
to break away from the old conventions
破除陈规
Can't you break away from old habits?
难道你就不能去掉旧习惯吗?