- v. 打破；折斷；弄壞；削弱
- vt. （使）破；打破（紀錄）；（常指好天氣）突變；開始
- vi. （嗓音）突變；突破；破曉；（價格）突然下跌
- n. 破裂；間斷；（持續一段時間的狀況的）改變；間歇
- n. (Break)人名；(英)布雷克
詞組搭配
break down
To cause to collapse; destroy
使崩潰；毀壞
break down a partition; broke down our resolve.
搗毀一堵隔墻；喪失了我們的決心
To become or cause to become distressed or upset.
使健康、精神崩潰
To give up resistance; give way
放棄抵抗；屈服
broke down and bought a new car; prejudices that break down slowly.
不再堅持，買了一輛新的小轎車；慢慢放棄了的偏見
To fail to function; cease to be useful, effective, or operable
失效；沒用了
The elevator broke down.
電梯出毛病了
To render or become weak or ineffective
使…變弱，變得無效
Opposition to the king's rule gradually broke down his authority.
對國王統治的反抗逐漸削弱了他的權威
To divide into or consider in parts; analyze.
成為可分的；可進行分析
The population breaks down into three main groups.
人口可分成三個主要的群族
To decompose or cause to decompose chemically.
從化學上分解，使從化學上分解
&I{Electricity} To undergo a breakdown.
&I{【電學】} 擊穿
break in
To train or adapt for a purpose.
馴服，習慣于：為一目的而訓練或使…適應
To loosen or soften with use
用慣，穿慣：通過使用使…松軟
break in new shoes.
把一雙新鞋穿得合腳
To enter premises forcibly or illegally
強行進入，非法進入
a prowler who was trying to break in.
企圖非法闖入的小偷
To interrupt a conversation or discussion.
闖入
break into
To interrupt
打斷
“No one would have dared to break into his abstraction”(&b{Alan Paton})
“沒有人膽敢打斷他的臆想”(&b{艾倫·佩頓})
To begin suddenly
突然開始
The horse broke into a wild gallop. The child broke into a flood of tears.
那匹馬開始狂奔。那個孩子突然放聲大哭
To enter (a field of activity)
進入（一個活動領域）
broke into broadcast journalism at an early age.
早年就進入了廣播新聞界
break off
To separate or become separated, as by twisting or tearing.
扯斷，斷裂：通過扭曲，撕扯分開
To stop suddenly, as in speaking.
說話時突然打住
To discontinue (a relationship).
不再友好，絕交
break out
To become affected with a skin eruption, such as pimples.
出皮疹：被皮疹感染，如丘疹
To develop suddenly and forcefully
猛地爆發
Fighting broke out in the prison cells.
牢房里發生斗毆
To ready for action or use
拿出…供消費
Break out the rifles!
準備好來福槍！
Let's break out the champagne.
我們開一瓶香檳吧
To emerge or escape.
出現或逃走
To be separable or classifiable into categories, as data.
可分開歸入各種類別，如數據
To isolate (information) from a large body of data.
分隔：從大量數據中把（信息）離析出來
break through
To make a sudden, quick advance, as through obstruction or opposition.
突破，穿過：沖破障礙突然、迅速地前進
break up
To separate into pieces; divide
打破…的統一性或連貫性
break up a chocolate bar.
把一塊長條巧克力弄碎
An impromptu visit broke up the long afternoon.
突然的造訪打破了漫長的午后時光
To scatter; disperse
分散；散開
The crowd broke up after the game.
比賽結束后人群四面散開
To bring or come to an end
使…結束或結束
Guards broke up the fight. The marriage broke up.
警衛們結束了這場打斗。婚姻破裂了
&I{Informal} To burst or cause to burst into laughter.
【非正式用語】 爆發出大笑，使…爆發出大笑
break one's back
put great effort into achieving something
努力做成某事
break the back of
accomplish the main hardest part of (a task)
完成某項任務中最困難的部分
we've broken the back of the problem.
我們已經解決了這個問題的最困難的部分。
break the bank
we've broken the back of the problem.
我們已經解決了這個問題的最困難的部分。
break one's duck
we've broken the back of the problem.
我們已經解決了這個問題的最困難的部分。
break someone's heart
we've broken the back of the problem.
我們已經解決了這個問題的最困難的部分。
break a leg!
(theatrical slang)good luck!
(舞臺俚語)好運氣！