英语小词break的超级详细地用法

break

1使破裂，使破碎；使断裂

I had to break a window to get into the house. 我只得打破一扇窗户进屋。

break sth in half/two ：He broke the biscuit in half and handed one piece to me. 他把饼干掰成两半，递了一块给我。

He kept pulling at the rope until it broke. 他一直拉到绳子，直到把它拉断。

The frames are made of plastic and they tend to break quite easily. 这些框架是塑料做的，很容易碎裂。

2.bones 骨头使骨折

She fell downstairs and broke her hip. 她从楼梯上摔下来，髋部骨折。

3.machines 机器弄坏，损坏〔机器〕〔机器〕损坏，失灵

Don’t mess about with my camera –you’ll break it. 别乱动我的照相机，你会把它弄坏的。

The washing machi ne’s broken again. 洗衣机又坏了。

4.rules/laws 规定/法律不遵守，违犯

•If you break the rules , you will be punished. 违反规定要受到惩罚。

5.promise/agreement 诺言/协议违反，违背〔诺言或协议〕

•I never break my promises . 我从不食言。

•You betrayed me. You broke your word . 你出卖了我，你说话不算数。

He was worried that he might be breaking his contract. 他担心自己可能会违约。

6.stop/rest 停下来/休息

*+ for+•Shall we break for lunch now? 我们现在停下来吃午饭好吗？

7.end sth 结束某事物打断，中断

•We need to break the cycle of poverty and crime in the inner cities. 我们需要打破旧城区里贫困和犯罪的恶性循环。

•We took turns drivi ng, in order to try and break the monotony. 我们轮流开车，免得乏味。

•New talks will begin on Monday in an effort to break the deadlock . 为打破僵局，星期一将重启会谈。

8.defeat sb 打垮某人

•Losing his business nearly broke him. 生意亏本几乎将他击垮。

•I won’t give in. I won’t be broken by him. 我决不服输，我不会被他击垮的。

9.destroy an organization 摧毁，瓦解〔组织〕

•The government succeeded in breaking the unions. 政府成功地瓦解了工会。10.day/dawn （天）刚亮，破晓

•Dawn was breaking by the time we arrived home. 我们到家的时候天蒙蒙亮。11.〔暴风雨〕来临，突然出现

•We were keen to get back to the hotel before the storm broke. 我们急于赶在暴风雨来临之前回到宾馆。

12.〔天气〕突然变化

•The following day the weather broke and we had ten days of solid rain. 第二天天气突变，一连下了十天的雨。

13.〔波浪〕迸溅，拍岸

•We sat and watched the waves breaking on the shore 我们坐着看波涛拍击海岸。

14.〔男孩子嗓音〕变粗；变声、嗓音因激动而〕变调

•He was fiftee n, and his voice was just beginning to break. 他15岁，正开始变声。•Her voice broke as she told us what had happened. 她向我们诉说发生的一切时，声音都变了。

15.〔消息〕传开、告诉〔某人不愉快的消息〕

•News of his resignation broke yesterday. 昨天传出了他辞职的消息。

•I didn’t know how I was going to break the news to my mother. 我不知道该怎样把这个消息告诉母亲。

•The doctor finally broke it to me that there was no cure. 医生最后终于和我明说，这个病没法治愈。

16.break a habit改掉某习惯〔尤指坏习惯〕

a new drug which helps smokers to break their habit 帮助吸烟者戒烟的一种新药

17.break a record破记录•an attempt to break the 10,000-metres world record 打破10,000米世界记录的努力

18.break a journey中途停留•We decided to break our journey in Oxford. 我们决定中途在牛津停留。

19.break sb’s heart使某人伤心[心碎+•He broke my heart when he left me. 他离开我时，我的心都碎了。

20.break a strike迫使罢工结束•The government has threatened to br ing in the army to break the 10-month-old strike. 政府威胁要调派军队来结束这场历时十个月的罢工。

21.break a link/tie/connection断绝关系•The US has now broken all diplomatic links with the regime. 美国现已和这个政权断绝了所有外交关系。

22.break the skin割伤皮肤，撕开皮肤•Their teeth are sharp enough to break th e skin. 它们牙齿锋利，足以咬破皮肤。

23.break the back of sth完成某事物的主要部分；攻克某事物的难关

•I think we’ve broken the back of the job now. 我想我们现在已经把这工作最难的部分完成了。

24.break the bank花很多钱；透支•A new hard drive doesn’t have to break the bank. 一个新的硬盘驱动器要不了多少钱。

25.break sb’s concentration分散某人的注意力

•The slightest sound would break his concentration. 稍有一点动静就会分散他的注意力。

26.break the silence打破寂静[沉默+•The silence was broken by a loud scream. 一声尖叫打破了寂静。

27.break sb’s spirit摧毁某人的意志，挫某人的锐气•They could not break her spirit. 他们摧毁不了她的意志。

28.break sb’s power削弱某人的权力•At last the power of the Church was finally broken. 最后，教会的权力终于被削弱了。

29.break the ice打破冷场[僵局]

•Sam’s arrival broke the ice and people began to talk and laugh. 萨姆的到来打破了沉默，大家开始又说又笑起来。

30.break a code破译密码•Scientists worked day and night to break the co de. 为了