1. | [i][t] （使）破，裂，碎to be damaged and separated into two or more parts , as a result of force; to damage sth in this way |
All the windows broke with the force of the blast. 爆炸的巨大力量震碎了所有的窗户。 | |
She dropped the plate and it broke into pieces . 她把盘子掉在地上打碎了。 | |
to break a cup/window 打破杯子╱窗户 | |
She fell off a ladder and broke her arm. 她从梯子上掉下来，摔断了胳膊。 | |
He broke the chocolate in two . 他把那块巧克力一分为二。 |
2. | [i][t] 弄坏；损坏；坏掉to stop working as a result of being damaged; to damage sth and stop it from working |
My watch has broken. 我的表坏了。 | |
I think I've broken the washing machine. 我可能把洗衣机弄坏了。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 弄破；使流血to cut the surface of the skin and make it bleed |
The dog bit me but didn't break the skin. 那条狗咬了我，但没咬破皮肤。 |
4. | [t] ~ sth 违犯；背弃to do sth that is against the law; to not keep a promise, etc. |
to break the law/rules/conditions 违反法律╱规章╱所定条件 | |
to break an agreement/a contract/a promise/your word 违反协议╱合同╱允诺；食言 | |
to break an appointment(= not to come to it) 失约 | |
He was breaking the speed limit(= travelling faster than the law allows) . 他违章超速驾驶。 |
5. | [i][t] 稍停；暂停to stop doing sth for a while, especially when it is time to eat or have a drink |
Let's break for lunch. 我们休息一会儿，吃午饭。 | |
a broken night's sleep(= a night during which you often wake up) 夜间时时醒来的睡眠 | |
We broke our journey in Oxford(= stopped in Oxford on the way to the place we were going to) . 我们途中在牛津停留了一下。 |
6. | [t] ~ sth 打断；中断to interrupt sth so that it ends suddenly |
She broke the silence by coughing. 她的咳嗽声打破了寂静。 | |
A tree broke his fall(= stopped him as he was falling) . 他坠落时一棵树挡住了他。 | |
The phone rang and broke my train of thought. 电话铃响起来，打断了我的思路。 |
7. | [t] ~ sth 强行终止；破坏to make sth end by using force or strong action |
an attempt to break the year-long siege 试图冲破长达一年的围困 | |
Management has not succeeded in breaking the strike . 资方未能使罢工终止。 |
8. | [t] ~ sth 终止，断绝（关系、联系）to end a connection with sth or a relationship with sb |
He broke all ties with his parents. 他断绝了与父母的一切关系。 |
9. | [i] ~ free (from sb/sth) 逃脱；挣脱to get away from or out of a position in which they are stuck or trapped |
He finally managed to break free from his attacker. 他终于设法逃脱了袭击他的人。 |
10. | [t][i] ~ (sb/sth) （被）摧毁，削弱to destroy sth or make sb/sth weaker; to become weak or be destroyed |
to break sb's morale/resistance/resolve/spirit 瓦解某人的士气╱抵抗╱决心╱精神 | |
The government was determined to break the power of the trade unions. 政府决心削弱工会的力量。 | |
The scandal broke him(= ruined his reputation and destroyed his confidence) . 这桩丑闻把他毁了。 | |
She broke under questioning(= was no longer able to bear it) and confessed to everything. 她经不住盘问，招认了一切。 |
11. | [t] ~ sb 使心碎；使十分悲伤；使孤寂to make sb feel so sad, lonely, etc. that they cannot live a normal life |
The death of his wife broke him completely. 妻子的死使他悲痛欲绝。 |
12. | [i] （常指好天气）突变to change suddenly, usually after a period when it has been fine |
13. | [i] 露出缝隙；散开to show an opening |
The clouds broke and the sun came out. 云开日出。 |
14. | [i] 开始；（风暴）发作when the day or dawn or a stormbreaks , it begins |
Dawn was breaking when they finally left. 他们终于离开时正是破晓时分。 |
15. | [i] 透露；传开if a piece of newsbreaks , it becomes known |
There was a public outcry when the scandal broke. 丑闻一传开，舆论一片哗然。 | |
breaking news(= news that is arriving about events that have just happened) 突发性新闻 |
16. | [t] ~ it/the news to sb （第一个将坏消息向某人）公布，透露，说出to be the first to tell sb some bad news |
Who's going to break it to her? 由谁来把这事告诉她呢？ | |
I'm sorry to be the one to break the news to you. 我很难过，这消息得由我来告诉你。 |
17. | [i] （因激动）变调if sb's voicebreaks , it changes its tone because of emotion |
Her voice broke as she told us the dreadful news. 她告诉我们这可怕的消息时，声音都变了。 |
18. | [i] （指男孩在 13 或 14 岁时嗓音）变粗，变低when a boy's voicebreaks , it becomes permanently deeper at about the age of 13 or 14 |
19. | [t] ~ a record 打破（纪录）to do sth better, faster, etc. than anyone has ever done it before |
She had broken the world 100 metres record. 她打破了 100 米世界纪录。 | |
The movie broke all box-office records. 这部影片打破了所有的票房纪录。 |
20. | [i] 拍岸；迸溅when wavesbreak , they fall and are dissolved into foam , usually near land |
the sound of waves breaking on the beach 浪涛拍岸的声音 | |
The sea was breaking over the wrecked ship. 海浪冲刷着破船的残骸。 |
21. | [t] ~ a code/cipher 破译；破解to find the meaning of sth secret |
to break a code 破译密码 |
22. | [t] ~ sth 把…换成零钱；找开to change a banknote for coins |
Can you break a twenty-dollar bill? 可以给我找开二十元的钞票吗？ |
1. | [c] 间歇；休息a short period of time when you stop what you are doing and rest, eat, etc. |
a coffee/lunch/tea break 用咖啡╱午饭╱茶的休息时间 | |
Let's take a break . 咱们休息会儿吧。 | |
a break for lunch 午餐休息 | |
She worked all day without a break. 她接连工作了一整天。 |
2. | [u] 课间休息a period of time between lessons at school |
Come and see me at break. 课间休息时来见我。 |
3. | [c] 间断；暂停a pause or period of time when sth stops before starting again |
a break in my daily routine 我日常生活中的一段小插曲 | |
She wanted to take a career break in order to have children. 她想暂时放下工作，去生孩子。 |
4. | [c] （电视或电台节目的）插播广告的间隙a pause for advertisements in the middle of a television or radio programme |
More news after the break. 广告后继续报道新闻。 |
5. | [c] 短期休假a short holiday/vacation |
We had a weekend break in New York. 我们在纽约度过了一个周末假日。 | |
a well-earned break 应得的休假 |
6. | [sing] （持续一段时间的状况或关系的）改变，终止，中断the moment when a situation or a relationship that has existed for a time changes, ends or is interrupted |
He needed to make a complete break with the past. 他得与过去彻底告别。 | |
a break with tradition/convention(= a change from what is accepted, in sth such as art, behaviour, etc.) 突破传统；破除习俗 | |
a break in the weather(= a change from one type of weather to a different one) 天气的转变 | |
a break in diplomatic relations 外交关系的中断 |
7. | [c] ~ (in sth) 间隔；缝隙a space or an opening between two or more things |
We could see the moon through a break in the clouds. 我们能从云缝里看到月亮。 |
8. | [c] (informal) 机会；机遇an opportunity to do sth, usually to get sth that you want or to achieve success |
I got my lucky break when I won a ‘Young Journalist of the Year’ competition. 我时来运转，在“年度最佳青年记者”竞赛中取胜。 | |
We've had a few bad breaks(= pieces of bad luck) along the way. 我们一路上遭遇了几次厄运。 |
9. | [c] 破裂；骨折a place where sth, especially a bone in your body, has broken |
The X-ray showed there was no break in his leg. X 光照片显示他的腿没有骨折。 |
10. | [c] 破发a win in a game in which your opponent is serving |
It was her second break in the set. 这是本盘比赛中她第二次破掉对手的发球局。 | |
break point(= a situation in which, if you win the next point, you win the game) 破对方发球局的破发点 |
11. | [c] 单杆；单杆得分a series of successful shots by one player; the number of points scored in a series of successful shots |
He's put together a magnificent break. 他这杆球打得很不错。 | |
a 147 break(= the highest possible break in snooker ) 单杆 147 分（斯诺克中的单杆最高得分） |
Give the lad a break─it's only his second day on the job. 别苛求这小伙子，他上工才第二天。 |
Give the lad a break─it's only his second day on the job. 别苛求这小伙子，他上工才第二天。 |
He suddenly leapt up and made a break for the door. 他突然一跃而起，向门口逃窜。 | |
They decided to make a break for it(= to try and escape) that night. 他们决定那天晚上逃跑。 |
He suddenly leapt up and made a break for the door. 他突然一跃而起，向门口逃窜。 | |
They decided to make a break for it(= to try and escape) that night. 他们决定那天晚上逃跑。 |
