| 动词短语 |
| 英语 | 中文 |
| break apart vi phrasal | literal (fall to pieces) | SCSimplified Chinese 破碎 pò suì
TCTraditional Chinese 破碎 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 碎裂 pò suì，suì liè |
| The dam broke apart because of the force of flood waters. |
| break [sth] apart vtr phrasal sep | (disassemble) | SCSimplified Chinese 拆开 chāi kāi
TCTraditional Chinese 拆開 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 分拆 |
| Lizzie broke the jigsaw puzzle apart and put the pieces back in their box. |
break [sth] apart,
break apart [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (destroy) | SCSimplified Chinese 分裂 fēn liè
TCTraditional Chinese 分裂 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 使...分崩离析 |
| This zoning issue will break apart the community. |
| break away vi phrasal | (become separate) | SCSimplified Chinese 离开 lí kāi
TCTraditional Chinese 離開 |
| (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 单飞 lí kāi，dān fēi |
SCSimplified Chinese 独立 lí kāi，dú lì
TCTraditional Chinese 獨立 |
| 备注: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun |
| Two of the members of the band broke away to form a band of their own. |
| 乐队的两名成员离开乐队成立了自己的乐队。 |
| break away from [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (separate: from group) (团体) | SCSimplified Chinese 脱离，离开 tuō lí，lí kāi
TCTraditional Chinese 脫離，離開 |
| Several members broke away from the party to form their own extremist group. |
| 几名党员脱离了该党派成立了自己的极端主义组织。 |
| break away from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (detach, fall off) | SCSimplified Chinese 从…掉下来 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 从…分离 |
| When Sue went to take her cakes out of the oven, the handle broke away from the door. |
| 当苏将蛋糕从烤箱里取出时，把手从门上脱落下来。 |
| break back vi phrasal | (tennis: win after losing previous game) (网球) | SCSimplified Chinese 回敬破发 |
| Federer broke back to win the third game. |
| break back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (sports: return to original position) | SCSimplified Chinese 回到原位 |
| The goalkeeper saved the shot, but the ball broke back to Smith, who scored. |
| break down vi phrasal | (machine: stop working) | SCSimplified Chinese 坏掉，抛锚 huài diào，pāo máo |
| SCSimplified Chinese 发生故障 fā shēng gù zhàng |
| 备注: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| The car broke down on the way home. |
| 回家的路上，车子抛锚了。 |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (person: cry) | SCSimplified Chinese 精神崩溃 jīng shén bēng kuì |
| SCSimplified Chinese 情绪失控 |
| Stella broke down when the police told her about her husband's accident. |
| 斯特拉在警察告知自己丈夫出事时，精神崩溃了。 |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (collapse, become weak) | SCSimplified Chinese 崩溃，瓦解，破裂 bēng kuì ，wǎ jiě ，pò liè
TCTraditional Chinese 崩潰，瓦解，破裂 |
| (身体) | SCSimplified Chinese 垮掉，衰弱 kuǎ diào，shuāi ruò
TCTraditional Chinese 衰弱 |
| The union called a strike after talks broke down over retirement benefits. |
| 退休福利的谈判破裂后，工会号召进行罢工。 |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (door, wall: knock down) (将门、墙等) | SCSimplified Chinese 摧毁，捣毁，破坏 cuī huǐ，dǎo huǐ，pò huài
TCTraditional Chinese 摧毀，搗毀，破壞 |
| The police broke down the door when they raided the house. |
| 当对房屋进行搜查时，警方破门而入。 |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (substance: disintegrate) | SCSimplified Chinese 将…分解成化学成分 |
| Stomach acid breaks down food during digestion. |
| 消化时，胃酸会将食物分解成化学成分。 |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (analyze) | SCSimplified Chinese 对…进行分解分析 |
| We can break down the process into a number of separate stages. |
| 我们能够将整个过程分解为一系列独立的阶段。 |
| break forth vi phrasal | (emerge, happen suddenly) | SCSimplified Chinese 崛起 jué qǐ |
| SCSimplified Chinese 突显 |
| break in vi phrasal | (enter by force) | SCSimplified Chinese 强行进入 qiáng xíng jìn rù
TCTraditional Chinese 強行進入 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 闯入 qiáng xíng jìn rù，chuǎng rù |
| Thieves broke in and raided the safe. |
| 小偷闯入后，掠走保险柜里的财物。 |
| break in vi phrasal | figurative (interrupt) | SCSimplified Chinese 插话 chā huà |
SCSimplified Chinese 打断 chā huà，dǎ duàn
TCTraditional Chinese 打斷 |
| Please excuse me for breaking in. |
| 请原谅我擅自插话。 |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | UK (horse: tame, train) | SCSimplified Chinese 驯（马等） |
| Matt breaks in horses for the racetrack. |
| 马特为赛马场训练马匹。 |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | US (car, engine: run in, use when new) (新汽车、新引擎等) | SCSimplified Chinese 通过使用使其慢慢合用 |
| It's best to break the engine in slowly. |
| 最好慢慢发动引擎。 |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (shoes, etc.: soften by wearing) (新鞋) | SCSimplified Chinese 穿一阵使其慢慢合脚 |
| It sometimes takes time to break new shoes in. |
| 有时新鞋需要时间来磨合。 |
break [sb] in,
break in [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (train [sb] to do a job) | SCSimplified Chinese 培养…做… |
| (环境或工作) | SCSimplified Chinese 使…适应，使…熟悉 shǐ shóu xī / shǐ shú xī
TCTraditional Chinese 使…適應 |
| The company runs a three-month programme to break in new employees. |
| 该公司有着一个为期三个月的项目来使新进员工适应工作环境。 |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (building: enter by force) | SCSimplified Chinese 破门而入 pò mén ér rù
TCTraditional Chinese 破門而入 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 闯入 pò mén ér rù，chuǎng rù |
| Thieves broke into the house and stole several items of jewellery. |
| 窃贼破门而入，偷走了几件珠宝首饰。 |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (smile, song, run: start suddenly) | SCSimplified Chinese 忽然开始（大笑、哭等） hū rán kāi shǐ （ dà xiào 、kū děng ） |
| I was surprised when the old lady suddenly broke into song. |
| 当那位老太太忽然开始高歌时，我吓了一跳。 |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (conversation: interrupt) (对话) | SCSimplified Chinese 打断 dǎ duàn
TCTraditional Chinese 打斷 |
| Gary broke into our conversation to announce that dinner was ready. |
| 盖里打断了我们的谈话来通知我们晚饭准备好了。 |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (field of work) | SCSimplified Chinese 克服困难进入（某个领域） |
| Joanna wants to break into digital marketing to advance her career. |
| 乔安娜想要克服困难进入数字营销领域，以此来提升自己的事业。 |
| break off vi phrasal | (become detached) | SCSimplified Chinese 脱落 tuō luò |
SCSimplified Chinese 断开 tuō luò ，duàn kāi
TCTraditional Chinese 斷開 |
| The door handle became loose and eventually broke off. |
| 门把手变松了，并且最终脱落下来。 |
| break [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | (snap, detach) | SCSimplified Chinese 掰下 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 折断 zhé duàn |
| Olga broke off a large piece from the chocolate bar. |
| 奥尔加从那板巧克力上掰下一大块儿。 |
| break [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (terminate) | SCSimplified Chinese 断绝（往来） |
| SCSimplified Chinese 绝（交） |
SCSimplified Chinese 终止，结束，中断 zhōng zhǐ，jié shù，zhōng duàn
TCTraditional Chinese 終止，結束，中斷 |
| Matt and Glenda have decided to break off their engagement. |
| 马特和格伦达决定解除婚约。 |
| break out vi phrasal | (escape) | SCSimplified Chinese 逃脱 táo tuō |
| SCSimplified Chinese 逃离 táo tuō，táo lí |
| The prisoners broke out and managed to get past the guards. |
| 囚犯逃离并试图躲过看守人员。 |
| break out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (escape) | SCSimplified Chinese 逃离 táo lí |
| SCSimplified Chinese 从…逃出去 |
| The prisoner broke out of jail by digging a tunnel. |
| 囚犯挖了条地道，逃离了监狱。 |
| break out vi phrasal | (war, disease, chaos: begin) | SCSimplified Chinese 爆发 bào fā
TCTraditional Chinese 爆發 |
| The restaurant was calm until a thrown bottle caused a fight to break out. |
| 餐厅里一片祥和，而后一个扔来的瓶子引发了一场打斗。 |
| break out vi phrasal | (develop spots on skin) (皮肤) | SCSimplified Chinese 长疙瘩，发疹子 |
| I ate too much sugar and now I'm breaking out. My face broke out right before my date with Steve! |
| 我吃了太多糖，现在长痘了。就在我和史蒂夫约会前，我的脸上长痘了！ |
| break out vi phrasal | (rash, etc.: develop on skin) (疹子，皮疹等) | SCSimplified Chinese 出，长
TCTraditional Chinese 出，長 |
| A rash broke out on Alice's face after she used the lotion. |
| 用了这种乳液后，爱丽丝脸上起疹子了。 |
break [sb] out,
break out [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (set [sb] free) | SCSimplified Chinese 帮…逃离 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 帮…逃出去 |
| One of the gang members was in jail, so the others broke him out. |
| 一名帮派成员被关进监狱，其他成员把他救了出来。 |
break [sth] out,
break out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | US (divide into categories) | SCSimplified Chinese 分为 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 分成 |
| The website breaks out gift ideas according to recipient and price range. |
| 这个网站根据收礼对象和价格区间对各种礼物创意进行分类。 |
| break out in [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (develop: a rash, spots) | SCSimplified Chinese 突然出现 tū rán chū xiàn
TCTraditional Chinese 突然出現 |
| I'm so stressed, it's no wonder I've broken out in hives. |
| break through vi phrasal | figurative (make sudden advance) | SCSimplified Chinese 取得重大突破 qǔ dé zhòng dà tū pò |
| 备注: single-word form used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| The company succeeded in breaking through with these new ideas. |
| 公司成功利用这些新想法取得了重大突破。 |
| break up vi phrasal | (disintegrate) | SCSimplified Chinese 碎裂 suì liè |
SCSimplified Chinese 粉碎 suì liè ，fěn suì
TCTraditional Chinese 粉碎 |
SCSimplified Chinese 分解 suì liè ，fēn jiě
TCTraditional Chinese 分解 |
| Rock gradually breaks up into sand. |
| 岩石最终都会分解成沙子。 |
| break up vi phrasal | informal (couple: separate) (夫妻) | SCSimplified Chinese 关系破裂，分手，离异 guān xì pò liè，fēn shǒu，lí yì
TCTraditional Chinese 關係破裂 |
| The couple broke up after a three-year relationship. |
| 那对情侣交往了三年后分手了。 |
| break up with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (separate) | SCSimplified Chinese 与…分开 yǔ fēn kāi
TCTraditional Chinese 與…分開 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 与…崩了 yǔ fēn kāi，yǔ bēng le |
| I think you need to break up with your boyfriend. |
| 我认为你应该跟你男朋友分手。 |
| break up vi phrasal | informal (school: finish) (学校) | SCSimplified Chinese 放假，学期结束 |
| School breaks up next week for the summer holidays. |
| 学校下周就会开始放暑假。 |
| break [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (cause to separate) | SCSimplified Chinese 使破裂 shǐ pò liè |
| SCSimplified Chinese 使分手 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 使分手 |
| She blamed his mother's constant interference for breaking up their marriage. |
| 她指责他妈妈不断干涉来使他们的婚姻破裂。 |
| break [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (fight: intervene) | SCSimplified Chinese 制止（打架） |
| SCSimplified Chinese 将（打架者）分开 |
| The head teacher stepped in and broke up the fight between the two boys. |
| 班主任介入并将打架的两个男孩子分开。 |
| break [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (crumble) | SCSimplified Chinese 粉碎 fěn suì
TCTraditional Chinese 粉碎 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 使…成碎片 |
| Break the biscuits up into small pieces and put them in a food processor. |
| 把饼干弄成小碎片，并将碎片放到食物调理机里面。 |
| break up vi phrasal | (phone sound: lose quality) | SCSimplified Chinese 通话声音断断续续 |
| You're breaking up, so I'll call you back later. |
