break

【发音】

美 /brek/ 英 /breɪk/

【翻译】

1. v.打破；损坏；破坏

   英释:if you break something, you make it separate into two or more pieces, for example by hitting it, dropping it, or bending it

【短语】

1. break through : 突破；突围；有重要创见

2. break up : 打碎，破碎；结束；解散；衰落

3. break down : 分解；发生故障；失败；毁掉；制服

4. take a break : 休息一下

5. break out : v. 爆发；突发

6. break in : 打断；闯入；训练；使逐渐习惯

7. break away : 脱离；放弃；逃跑

8. break into : 闯入；破门而入

9. break away from : vt. 放弃；脱离……

10. break of : v. 放弃；改掉（习惯）

11. break from : v. 决裂

12. break with : v. 结束；与…绝交，和…断绝关系；和…决裂

13. break off : 折断；突然停止，暂停

14. break out of : 摆脱（束缚等）；突破…

15. elongation at break : 断裂伸长；断裂延伸率；破坏时伸长量

16. break up with : 跟…分手；与…断绝关系

17. break the law : 违法

18. give me a break : 让我休息一下

19. could break : 可能破碎

20. make or break : 要么成功要么毁灭

【例句】

1. I had to break a window to get into the house.

   我只得打破一扇窗户进屋。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg when they blow of the wing...

2. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...its corporate culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fullyembrace the future...

3. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...its corporate culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future...

4. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...has examined how the returns on education break down for individuals with different backgrounds and levels of ability...

5. (2011.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...when you break a role or law...

6. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...and none of the institutions believe they can sustain the risks of trying to break away by themselves...

7. (2008.12 • CET4 • • 听力题)...I’m on a scheme that’s called phased retirement; I had a six-month break from work...

【同、近义词】

1. n.休息，中断；破裂处

   rest/interruption/

2. vt.打破，弄破；中断；弄坏；削弱

   smash in/cut off/

【同根词】

1. adj

   broke : 一文不名的，破产的

   broken : 破碎的；坏掉的

   breakable : 易碎的

2. n

   breaker : [电] 断路器；打破者；碎浪

   breakage : 破坏；破损；裂口；破损量

   breaking : 破坏；阻断

   breakable : 易碎的东西，易破的东西

3. v

   broke : 打破，断掉（break的过去式）

   broken : 折断；打碎；损坏（break的过去分词）

   breaking : 破坏（break的ing形式）