E聊吧第279期:10招解讀Break
“Break”作爲英文中的一個常用詞,能夠與很多詞語搭配形成短語,表達豐富的含義,今天我們就來學習一些吧。
1. break up 分手/解散
Four months ago , my girlfriend and I broke up.
四個月前,我和我的女朋友分手了。
The police had to employ force to break up the crowd.
警察不得不使用武力驅散人羣。
2. break down 精神崩潰/毀壞
The machine must break down at this busy hour.
正忙的時候,機器偏偏又壞了。
He finally break down under the four-hour's strain.
在四小時的壓力下他終於堅持不了。
3. break in 破門而入
Robbers often break in at midnight.
強盜經常在半夜破門而入。
4. break out 出皮疹/爆發
His efforts were brought to naught when the war broke out.
戰爭爆發,使他的一切努力付諸東流。
bring to naught: 使化爲烏有,使成泡影;使毀滅
The baby broke out in a rash.
嬰兒全身出了一片紅疹。
rash :n. [皮膚] 皮疹;突然大量出現的事物
5. break off 休息一下/暫停
Let's break off work for a few minutes.
我們把工作暫停幾分鐘。
6. break through 突破/穿過
The sun broke through the clouds.
太陽衝破雲層出來了。
We hope to break through soon in the fight against AIDS.
我們希望在與艾滋病的鬥爭中很快有所突破。
7. break even 不賺不賠,收支平衡
It will be a year before the firm makes a profit but at least it's breaking even.
這家公司一年以後才能贏利,現在至少已收支平衡了。
8. the break of dawn 破曉
She got up at the break of dawn
天剛亮她便起牀了
9. break the ice 打破僵局/破冰
The host told a joke to his guest to break the ice.
主人爲了打破僵局,給客人講了個笑話。
10. break the bank 太貴
Come on! One evening at the theatre won't break the bank.
得啦! 看一晚上戲不會傾家蕩產的。