英语释义

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• 3do a break dance;

  "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"

• 2vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;

  "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"

• 3assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;

  "She was demoted because she always speaks up"

  "He was broken down to Sargeant"

• 1make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;

  "The ranks broke"

• 2cause the failure or ruin of;

  "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"

  "This play will either make or break the playwright"

• the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

• 5diminish or discontinue abruptly;

  "The patient's fever broke last night"

• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments;

  "He broke the glass plate"

  "She broke the match"

• move away or escape suddenly;

  "The horses broke from the stable"

  "Three inmates broke jail"

  "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

• act in disregard of laws and rules;

  "offend all laws of humanity"

  "violate the basic laws or human civilization"

  "break a law"

• 5happen;

  "Report the news as it develops"

  "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"

• 1a sudden dash;

  "he made a break for the open door"

• a pause from doing something (as work);

  "we took a 10-minute break"

  "he took time out to recuperate"

• 1make submissive, obedient, or useful;

  "The horse was tough to break"

  "I broke in the new intern"

• 1enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;

  "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"

  "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"

• 3discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;

  "The business partners broke over a tax question"

  "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"

  "My friend and I split up"

• 3reduce to bankruptcy;

  "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"

  "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

• 1make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

  "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"

  "The actress won't reveal how old she is"

  "bring out the truth"

  "he broke the news to her"

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;

  "break into tears"

  "erupt in anger"

• 3break down, literally or metaphorically;

  "The wall collapsed"

  "The business collapsed"

  "The dam broke"

  "The roof collapsed"

  "The wall gave in"

  "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

• render inoperable or ineffective;

  "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"

• 2give up;

  "break cigarette smoking"

• 1(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;

  "he was up two breaks in the second set"

• 2lessen in force or effect;

  "soften a shock"

  "break a fall"

• the act of breaking something;

  "the breakage was unavoidable"

• 5become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;

  "The glass cracked when it was heated"

• 2come to an end;

  "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone;

  "it was a nasty fracture"

  "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

• 50. find a flaw in;

  "break an alibi"

  "break down a proof"

• 4cease an action temporarily;

  "We pause for station identification"

  "let's break for lunch"

• terminate;

  "She interrupted her pregnancy"

  "break a lucky streak"

  "break the cycle of poverty"

• 30. invalidate by judicial action;

  "The will was broken"

• 40. make the opening shot that scatters the balls

• 3exchange for smaller units of money;

  "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

  "they built it right over a geological fault"

• 4undergo breaking;

  "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"

• 5weaken or destroy in spirit or body;

  "His resistance was broken"

  "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"

• 5fracture a bone of;

  "I broke my foot while playing hockey"

• 1an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;

  "it was presented without commercial breaks"

• 5of the male voice in puberty;

  "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

• ruin completely;

  "He busted my radio!"

• 20. curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;

  "The surf broke"

• 1fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns;

  "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"

• 2be broken in;

  "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"

• 1stop operating or functioning;

  "The engine finally went"

  "The car died on the road"

  "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"

  "The coffee maker broke"

  "The engine failed on the way to town"

  "her eyesight went after the accident"

• 1surpass in excellence;

  "She bettered her own record"

  "break a record"

• 3change directions suddenly

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts;

  "the telephone is an annoying interruption"

  "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

• scatter or part;

  "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"

• 4separate from a clinch, in boxing;

  "The referee broke the boxers"

• 4break a piece from a whole;

  "break a branch from a tree"

• 5find the solution or key to;

  "break the code"

• 2cause to give up a habit;

  "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"

• 1come into being;

  "light broke over the horizon"

  "Voices broke in the air"

• 3emerge from the surface of a body of water;

  "The whales broke"

• 4become punctured or penetrated;

  "The skin broke"

• 2happen or take place;

  "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);

  "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

• 5fall sharply;

  "stock prices broke"

• 4interrupt the flow of current in;

  "break a circuit"

• 1interrupt a continued activity;

  "She had broken with the traditional patterns"

• 5change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;

  "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"

• 3destroy the completeness of a set of related items;

  "The book dealer would not break the set"

• 4pierce or penetrate;

  "The blade broke her skin"

• 2come forth or begin from a state of latency;

  "The first winter storm broke over New York"

• prevent completion;

  "stop the project"

  "break off the negociations"

• 4be released or become known; of news;

  "News of her death broke in the morning"

• the occurrence of breaking;

  "the break in the dam threatened the valley"

• an unexpected piece of good luck;

  "he finally got his big break"

• 4go to pieces;

  "The lawn mower finally broke"

  "The gears wore out"

  "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

• 1any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;

  "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"

• become separated into pieces or fragments;

  "The figurine broke"

  "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

• 1an escape from jail;

  "the breakout was carefully planned"

片语

break out爆发；突发

break even不赚不赔；并列起跑；打成平手

break in打断；闯入；训练；使逐渐习惯

could break可能破碎

break up with跟…分手；与…断绝关系

break up打碎，破碎；结束；解散；衰落

break away脱离；放弃；逃跑

elongation at break断裂伸长；断裂延伸率；破坏时伸长量

give me a break让我休息一下

break off折断；突然停止，暂停

break from决裂

break the law违法

take a break休息一下

break out of摆脱（束缚等）；突破…

break away from放弃；脱离……

break through突破；突围；有重要创见

break with结束；与…绝交，和…断绝关系；和…决裂

break down分解；发生故障；失败；毁掉；制服

break into闯入；破门而入

Code Break福尔摩斯的默示录

break trough取得突破性成就

make or break要么成功要么毁灭

break bulk卸货；下货

Spring Break春假

break of放弃；改掉（习惯）

Point BreakPoint Break were a British pop group who found brief success between 1999 and 2000. Managed by Danielle Barnett and Launched as a new boy band in 1999, the group featured Brett Adams, Declan Bennett and David "Ollie" Oliver who had acted in TV's Byker Grove.

英汉例句

• we need to break those up.

  我们最需要打破这些垄断。

• learn the rules of good writing… then learn when and how to break them.

  学习优秀的写作规则……然后学习何时以及如何打破它们。

• i feel as if i should break into song.

  我觉得自己应该放声歌唱。

• we need someone to break the ice.

  我们需要有人打破这种僵局。

• the oil is attacked by naturally occurring microbes which break it down.

  原油受到了自然产生的分解油类物质的微生物的侵蚀。

• 「it「s an identity issue, not a contents issue,」 she says, "so you have to break that perception.

  「这是一个身份识别问题，不是一个内容问题。」她说，「因此你必须打破那个感觉。

• you should take a break and look at the text with a new perspective, which will allow you to improve your work.

  这时你应该先休息一会儿，找一个新视角来审看文本，这无疑对提高你的工作质量大有裨益。

• how did you get your first break in the business?

  在业务上，您是如何获得您的第一个突破的？

• it can be hard to justify taking time for such an exercise when there seem to be far more important things to work on, but this is the only way you can break free - so just trust me and do it.

  在似乎你有更加重要的工作等你去完成的情况下，花时间来做这样的一个计划表是否适当，这很难说。但是这是唯一一个可以让你重获自由的机会--所以姑且相信我去做吧。

• in the end, though, this is just one example of how new requirements and changing environments break existing processes and best practices.

  但是最终，这只是新的需求和不断变化的环境如何打破现有的流程和最佳实践的一个例子。

• family holidays are meant to be a break from routine.

  家庭假日就是从平淡的日常生活中解脱一下。

• this brief article will let you know why you have bad habits as well as how you can break those bad habits.

  这篇简洁的文章会让你知道，为什么你会有坏习惯，同时也让你知道如何打破那些坏习惯。

• why try to break your own record? why not do something new?

  为什么要尝试打破自己的纪录？为什么不做点儿新鲜的事？

• it was feared they could break the allies」 codes.

  恐怕他们会破译盟军的密码。

• and i was curious what you could tell us about any efforts to encourage members of his family, of his cabinet to break ranks with him and how you’re helping that process go on.

  我想知道，对此您可以向我们透漏些什么，卡扎非的家人，或者他的内阁成员们是否被怂恿要打破与卡扎非的关系，您是否参与此事以及如何参与。

• a sudden break in the cloud allowed rescuers to spot michael benson.

  天气的突然放晴帮助救援人员找到了迈克尔·本森。

• so grow, and grow, and grow until you break through a barrier.

  因此，成长吧，成长吧，成长吧，直到你突破一个瓶颈。

• we can only make minor concessions, but it might break the deadlock.

  我们只能做些较小的让步，但这就可能打破僵局。

• i didn「t mean to break his nose. i just saw red.

  我不是故意要打断他的鼻梁。我只是一时气急。

• many struggling firms are ready to break the law by dodging tax.

  很多挣扎求生的企业不惜违法逃税。

• neither moore nor his competitors have yet to break moore’s law, and there is every reason to believe they will continue to deliver on it for the rest of our working lives.

  无论是摩尔还是其竞争者，至今都还没有突破摩尔定律，我们完全有理由相信，在我们剩余的工作生活岁月中，他们将继续遵循这一定律。

• the newspapers and television can make or break you.

  报纸和电视会使你成功，也会将你毁掉。

• this is not because you feel he (or she?) deserves a break - it isn」t your job to play social engineer.

  这不是因为你觉得他(或她?)应该得到这个机会——扮演社会工程师不是你的职责。

• “rules are made to be broken」, but you have to know when and how to break them.

  「规则是用来打破的」，但是你必须知道何时及如何去打破它们。

• but, i will break your flowerpots.

  但是，我会打破你的花盆的。

• television commercials during a dramatic presentation break up the continuity of effect.

  戏剧播放期间电视商业广告打破了效果的连贯性。

• if you have been avoiding the decision making process, why not break through that barrier right here and now?

  如果一直以来你总是想要避开做决策的过程，那为何不此时此刻就突破这个障碍呢？

• 「it’s anyone’s guess as to when we will break through, 」 he said.

  「关于我们将在何时实现突破，这是任何人猜测的问题」他说。

• the meeting didn't break up until noon.

  集会到中午才结束。

• can you imagine if one year the holidays constantly changed so that you never knew when your next break would be?

  你能想象如果有一年你的假期时常变动以至于你不知道下一次休息会是什么时候吗？

• we hope to break through soon in the fight against aids.

  我们希望在与艾滋病作斗争中很快有所突破。

• today i want to briefly discuss why we have these bad habits and how we can break these bad habits starting today.

  今天，我想简要地讨论一下为什么我们有这些坏习惯，以及重要的是如何从今天起打破这些坏习惯。

相似词

explode使爆炸；爆炸；推翻

crack(Crack) （英、加、美）克拉克克（人名）

fracture破裂；折断

demolish拆除；破坏；毁坏；推翻；驳倒

tear(Tear) （美）蒂尔（人名）

shatter粉碎；损坏；落叶

destroy破坏；消灭；毁坏

damage损害；损毁

smashad 哗啦一声

crush拥挤的人群；迷恋；果汁饮料；（不大熟识的）热恋的对象；暗恋；猛兽隔离区

wreck破坏；失事；残骸；失去健康的人

burst(Burst) （美）布尔斯特（人名）

rupture破裂；发疝气

interruption中断；干扰；中断之事

intermission幕间休息；暂停；中断

recess休息；休假

letup停止，中止；松懈

pause暂停；间歇

rest(Rest) （美）雷斯特（人名）

interval间隔；间距；幕间休息

violation违反；妨碍，侵害；违背；强奸

smashad 哗啦一声

fracture破裂；折断

rip(Rip)人名；(塞)里普

splinter分裂；裂成碎片

tear(Tear) （美）蒂尔（人名）

split离开；被劈开；断绝关系

shatter粉碎；损坏；落叶

cleavage劈开，分裂；[晶体] 解理；[胚] 卵裂

burst(Burst) （美）布尔斯特（人名）

rest(Rest) （美）雷斯特（人名）

crash碰撞；（使）坠毁；（使）摔碎；使发出巨响；（金融企业等）破产；（机器、系统等）崩溃；（比赛中）惨败；（在临时安排的地方）入睡；心脏停止跳动；擅自闯入

pause暂停；间歇

crevice裂缝；裂隙

lull使平静；使安静；哄骗；平息，减弱，停止；使（人）放松警惕

respite使缓解；使暂缓；使延期；缓期执行

interlude插曲；穿插；幕间节目；[数] 插算

interpreter解释者；口译者；注释器

interval间隔；间距；幕间休息

violate违反；侵犯，妨碍；亵渎

chip打缺，弄缺；铲，凿，削；短切（球），踢（高球）；把（土豆等）切成小片（条）

relaxation放松；缓和；消遣

impair损害；削弱；减少

comb梳头发；梳毛

trample蹂躏；践踏声

breather呼吸者；呼吸的东西；剧烈的运动；短时间的休息

separation分离，分开；间隔，距离；[法] 分居；缺口

rupture破裂；发疝气

crack(Crack) （英、加、美）克拉克克（人名）

interruption中断；干扰；中断之事

snap突然折断，拉断；猛咬；啪地关上

infringe侵犯；侵害

fracture破裂；折断

beggar使贫穷；使沦为乞丐

suspend悬浮；禁赛

gap裂开

truce以休战结束；停止争执

domesticate驯养；使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活

fissure（使）裂开，分裂

opening开放（open的ing形式）；打开；公开

violation违反；妨碍，侵害；违背；强奸

breath呼吸，气息；一口气，（呼吸的）一次；瞬间，瞬息；微风；迹象；无声音，气音

gulf吞没

oppress压迫，压抑；使……烦恼；使……感到沉重

letup停止，中止；松懈

relieve解除，减轻；使不单调乏味；换……的班；解围；使放心

breach违反，破坏；打破

相反词

repair修理；修补过的部位；具体情况，物质条件；常去；常去的场所

fix(Fix) （美）菲克斯（人名）

join参加；结合；连接

fasten使固定；集中于；扎牢；强加于

clinch(Clinch) （美、英）克林奇（人名）

unite团结；联合；混合

mend改善，好转

keep保持；继续不断

repair修理；修补过的部位；具体情况，物质条件；常去；常去的场所

mend改善，好转

make制造；构造；性情

build建立；建筑

glaze(Glaze)人名；(英)格莱兹