| 单词 | break |
| 例句 | break verb 1.•the mirror broke:shatter, smash, crack, snap, fracture, fragment, splinter, fall to bits, fall to pieces | split, burst | informal bust. 2.•she had broken her leg:fracture, crack. ANT mend. 3.•the bite had barely broken the skin:pierce, puncture, penetrate, perforate | cut. 4.•the coffee machine has broken:stop working, break down, give out, go wrong, malfunction, crash | informal go kaput, conk out, go/be on the blink, go/be on the fritz, give up the ghost. 5.•traders who break the law:contravene, violate, fail to observe, fail to comply with, infringe, breach | defy, flout, disobey, fly in the face of. ANT abide by, keep. 6.•his concentration was broken:interrupt, disturb, interfere with. 7.•they broke for coffee:stop, pause, have a rest, recess | informal take a breather, take five. ANT resume. 8.•a pile of carpets broke his fall:cushion, soften the impact of, take the edge off. 9.•the movie broke box-office records:exceed, surpass, beat, better, cap, top, outdo, outstrip, eclipse. 10.•habits are difficult to break:give up, relinquish, drop | informal kick, shake, quit. 11.•the strategies used to break the union:destroy, crush, quash, defeat, vanquish, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, suppress, cripple | weaken, subdue, cow, undermine. 12.•her self-control finally broke:give way, crack, cave in, yield, go to pieces. 13.•four thousand dollars wouldn't break him:bankrupt, ruin, pauperize. 14.•he tried to break the news gently:reveal, disclose, divulge, impart, tell | announce, release. 15.•he broke the encryption code:decipher, decode, decrypt, unravel, work out | informal figure out, crack. 16.•the day broke fair and cloudless:dawn, begin, start, emerge, appear. 17.•a political scandal broke:erupt, break out. 18.•the weather broke:change, alter, shift. 19.•waves broke against the rocks:crash, dash, beat, pound, lash. 20.•her voice broke as she relived the experience:falter, quaver, quiver, tremble, shake.▶noun 1.•the magazine has been published without a break since 1950:interruption, interval, gap, hiatus | discontinuation, suspension, disruption, cutoff | stop, stoppage, cessation. 2.•a break in the weather:change, alteration, variation. 3.•let's have a break:rest, respite, recess | stop, pause | interval, intermission | informal breather, time out, down time | coffee break. 4.•a weekend break:time off, vacation, holiday, leave, getaway. 5.•a break in diplomatic relations:rift, schism, split, breakup, severance, rupture. 6.•the actress got her first break in 1951:opportunity, chance, opening. PHRASES break away 1.•she attempted to break away:escape, get away, run away, flee, make off | break free, break loose, get out of someone's clutches | informal cut and run. 2.•a group broke away from the main party:leave, secede from, split off from, separate from, part company with, defect from | Politics cross the floor from. break down 1.•his van broke down. See break something down 1.•the police broke the door down:knock down, kick down, smash in, pull down, tear down, demolish. 2.•break big tasks down into smaller parts:divide, separate. 3.•graphs show how the information can be broken down:analyze, categorize, classify, sort out, itemize, organize | dissect. break in 1.•thieves broke in and took her checkbook:commit burglary, break and enter | force one's way in. 2.•“I don't want to interfere,” Mrs. Hendry broke in:interrupt, butt in, cut in, interject, interpose, intervene, chime in. break someone in •it's Edgar's responsibility to break in the new cooks:train, initiate | informal show someone the ropes. break into 1.•thieves broke into a house on Park Street:burgle, burglarize, rob | force one's way into. 2.•Phil broke into the discussion:interrupt, butt into, cut in on, intervene in. 3.•he broke into a song:burst into, launch into. break off •the cup handle just broke off:snap off, come off, become detached, become separated. break something off 1.•I broke off a branch from the tree:snap off, pull off, sever, detach. 2.•they threatened to break off diplomatic relations:end, terminate, stop, cease, call a halt to, finish, dissolve | suspend, discontinue | informal pull the plug on. break out 1.•he broke out of the detention center:escape from, abscond from, flee from | get free of. 2.•fighting broke out:flare up, start suddenly, erupt, burst out. break up 1.•the meeting broke up:end, finish, stop, terminate | adjourn | recess. 2.•the crowd began to break up:disperse, scatter, disband, part company. 3.•Danny and I broke up last year:split up, separate, part, part company | divorce. 4.informal •the whole cast broke up:burst out laughing, crack up, dissolve into laughter. break something up 1.•police tried to break up the crowd:disperse, scatter, disband. 2.•I'm not going to let you break up my marriage:wreck, ruin, destroy. |
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