break是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to (cause something to) separate suddenly or violently into two or more pieces, or to (cause something to) stop working by being damaged -- 破碎，破裂；打破；打斷；損壞，弄壞

  • The dish fell to the floor and broke. 碟子掉到地上摔碎了。

  • Charles is always breaking things. 查爾斯老是打碎東西。

  • She fell and broke her arm (= broke the bone in her arm). 她摔斷了胳膊。

  • I dropped the vase and it broke into pieces. 我把花瓶掉在地上摔碎了。

  • I think I've broken your phone. 我想我弄壞了你的電話。

  • I picked it up and the handle broke off. 我把它撿了起來，可是手柄斷了。

  • We heard the sound of breaking glass. 我們聽見玻璃破碎的聲音。

• 1 to destroy or end something, or to come to an end -- 毀壞，打破；結束，終結

  • Eventually someone spoke, breaking the silence. 最後終於有人開口打破了沉默。

  • She laughed and that broke the tension. 她大笑起來，打破了緊張氣氛。

  • The enemy were unable to break the code (= understand it and so make it useless). 敵人無法破譯密碼。

  • Outside workers were brought in in an attempt to break (= end) the strike. 外面的工人被調進來以結束罷工。

  • She broke the record for the 5,000 metres. 她打破了5000米的紀錄。

• 2 to fail to keep a law, rule, or promise -- 破壞；違反；違背

  • He didn't know he was breaking the law (= doing something illegal). 他不知道自己的行為是犯法的。

  • She broke her promise/word to me (= did not do what she promised she would). 她違背了對我的諾言。

• 3 to (cause something to) divide into two or more parts or groups -- 分散；分開；分解

  • These enzymes break down food in the stomach (= cause food to separate into smaller pieces). 這些酵素在胃中分解食物。

  • I asked her to break her expenses down into food, travel and personal costs. 我叫她把日常開支細分為食品、旅行和個人花費。

• 4 to interrupt or to stop something for a short period -- 打斷；中斷，中止

  • We usually break for lunch at 12.30. 我們通常12點半休息吃午餐。

  • I needed something to break the monotony of my typing job. 我需要做點甚麽來打發打字工作的單調。

  • The phone rang, breaking my concentration. 電話響了，打斷了我的注意。

  • UK They decided to break their journey in Singapore. 他們決定在新加坡稍作停留。

• 5 to go somewhere or do something by force -- 急衝；猛闖；突破

  • He threatened to break the door down (= enter using force). 他威脅要砸門進來。

  • The horse tried to break free from its stable. 那匹馬想從馬廐裡掙脫出去。

  • In the storm the boat broke loose from its moorings. 暴風雨中船脫開了纜繩。

  • The thieves broke the safe open and stole the diamonds. 盜賊撬開保險箱偷走了鑽石。

  • The police broke up the fight (= ended it forcefully). 警方強行制止了打鬥。

  • She broke his grip and ran away. 她用力掙脫了他的手，跑開了。

• 6 to lose your confidence, determination, or ability to control yourself, or to make someone do this -- （使）（自控能力、信心、意志等）崩潰

  • He thought she would break under the strain. 他覺得她在壓力之下會崩潰的。

  • They tried to break his will (= make him lose his control) but he resisted. 他們企圖使他失去自控，但他頂住了。

• 7 to become known or to make something become known -- 暴露，洩漏；透露；傳開

  • When the scandal broke (= came to the public's attention), the CEO resigned immediately. 醜聞曝光後，執行長立刻辭職了。

  • It was the local newspaper that first broke the story (= told the public). 是當地的報紙首先披露了這件事。

• 8 (of waves) to reach and move over the beach, hit a cliff or wall, etc. -- （波浪）拍岸，迸濺

  • A huge wave broke on/against the shore/over the boat. 一個大浪打在岸邊／沖上了輪船。

• 9 (of the weather) to change suddenly and usually become worse -- （天氣）驟變

  • The forecast is for the hot weather to break today. 天氣預報說炎熱的天氣將在今天發生驟變。

• 10 (of a storm) to start suddenly -- （風暴）突起

  • We arrived just as a storm was breaking. 我們抵達時正是風暴突起之時。

• 11 When dawn or day breaks, the sun starts to appear in the sky early in the morning. -- （晨光）初現；（天）破曉

  • Dawn broke over the city. 城市上空，天光破曉。

• 12 When a boy's voice breaks it begins to sound like a man's. -- 變嗓

  • His voice broke when he was 13. 他是13歲的時候變嗓的。

  • Her voice was breaking with emotion as she pleaded for her child's return. 當她苦苦哀求讓她的孩子回來時激動得嗓音都變了調。

• 13 (in tennis) to win a game in which another player is serving (= hitting the ball first) -- （網球比賽中）破發球

  • Nadal broke Cilic's serve in the second set. 納達爾在第二盤中破了契利奇的發球局。

• 14 If a football team breaks, it gets the ball in its own half and attacks quickly into the opposing team's half. -- （足球比賽中）反擊

  • Blues broke quickly, catching Wolves on the back foot. 藍隊（切爾西隊）快速反擊，打了狼隊（伍爾弗漢普頓流浪隊）一個措手不及。

• 15 an interruption -- 中止，中斷

  • Finally there was a break in the rain and we went out. 雨終於停了，我們都出來了。

  • I'll make us a cup of tea in the next break. 下次插播廣告時我去替大家泡杯茶。

  • a coffee break 喝咖啡的休息時間

  • UK a tea break 茶歇

  • a lunch/dinner break 午／晚餐時間

  • We'll take another break at 3.30. 我們三點半再休息一次。

  • They worked through the night without a break. 他們連續工作了一個晚上。

  • Do you usually take a morning/afternoon break? 你通常上午／下午中間休息嗎？

  • We were talking about it at break. 我們課間休息時在談論這件事。

  • Take a couple of weeks off - you need a break. 請兩個星期的假吧——你需要休息。

  • How long is the Christmas break this year? 今年的聖誕假期有多長？

  • We decided to have a short/spring/winter/weekend break in Paris. 我們決定在巴黎停留一下／休春假／休寒假／度週末。

  • I'll read your report over (= during) the Christmas break. 我將在耶誕節休假期間看你的報告。

  • I need a break from typing. 我需要休息一段時間，不打字。

  • I babysit every Friday to give her a break. 每週五我都負責照顧孩子，好讓她能休息一下。

  • Give her a break - she's only a child and she didn't mean any harm. 饒了她吧——她還只是個孩子，況且她並無惡意。

• 16 an opportunity for improving a situation, especially one that happens unexpectedly -- 機會；機緣；好運

  • Her big break came when she was offered a role in a Spielberg movie. 她在史帝芬．史匹柏執導的影片中得到了一個角色，她的機會來了。

• 17 a place where something has broken -- 破裂；裂口，裂縫

  • There's a break in the pipe. 管子上有道裂縫。

• 18 the end of a relationship, connection, or way of doing something -- 毀壞；打破；結束，終結

  • Their decision to not name their daughter Jane was a break with family tradition. 他們決定不給女兒起名為簡，這違背了家族傳統。

  • You've been in your job for years - it's time you made a break. 那份工作你已做了多年了——是時候改變一下了。

  • When a relationship ends, it's often best to make a clean/complete break (= suddenly and completely stop seeing each other). 結束一段感情最好是徹底一刀兩斷。

• 19 in tennis, a game won by the player who was not serving (= hitting the ball first) -- （網球中的）破發，接發球得分

  • Murray must get another break (of serve) to win. 穆雷必須再破對方一個發球局才能贏。

• 20 to escape from/towards somewhere or something, often by force -- （常指用暴力）逃離，逃脫

  • A group of prisoners made a break from the jail a few years back. 幾年前一群犯人越獄逃跑了。

  • The cat made a break for the door. 那隻貓向門口跑去。

  • When he let go, I made a break for it (= escaped quickly). 他一放開我，我馬上就遛了。

• 21 the time when the sun rises in the morning -- 破曉

  • We set out at break of day. 我們破曉時分出發。