broken是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 past participle of break -- （break 的過去分詞）

• 1 damaged, no longer able to work -- 損壞的，破損的；出了毛病的

  • He attacked the man with a broken bottle. 他用一個破酒瓶襲撃了那人。

  • My watch is broken. 我的錶壞了。

  • Careful - there's broken glass on the floor. 小心，地板上有碎玻璃。

  • He was a broken man after his wife died. 妻子死後他成了個頽廢的人。

• 2 interrupted or not continuous -- 被打斷的；不完整的

  • He tried to explain what had happened in broken English (= not spoken easily and stopping a lot) . 他英語講得結結巴巴，拼命想解釋清楚發生了甚麽。

• 3 destroyed or ended -- 破壞了的；結束了的

  • a broken engagement 解除了的婚約

  • She comes from a broken home (= one where the parents have separated). 她來自一個破碎家庭。

• 4 (of a law, rule, or promise) not obeyed or not kept -- （法律、規章或承諾）違背的，未遵守的

  • a broken promise 背棄的諾言