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a breach of sth
指违反法律、协议或义务。
The company was sued for a breach of contract.
该公司因违约被起诉。
违背；违反；不履行
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违背；违反；不履行
breach
The company was sued for a breach of contract.
该公司因违约被起诉。
通过破坏或撞击造成的缺口或开口,如墙、堡垒或堤坝中的
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
未能履行某项承诺的行为或义务
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
比喻意义上的打破行为。
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
一个开口(尤指堤坝或防御工事上的缺口)
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
The company sued its supplier for breach of contract.
该公司因供应商违约而起诉了它。
She considered the landlord's refusal to return the deposit a clear breach of their agreement.
她认为房东拒绝退还押金明显违反了他们的协议。
Any breach of the safety rules will result in immediate dismissal.
任何违反安全规定的行为都将导致立即解雇。
指违反法律、协议或义务。
The company was sued for a breach of contract.
该公司因违约被起诉。
指物体上的裂口或缝隙。
Water poured through a breach in the dam.
水从大坝的裂口涌出。
指攻破或突破某物。
The army breached the enemy's defenses.
军队突破了敌人的防线。
特指鲸鱼跳出水面。
We watched a whale breach near the boat.
我们看见一条鲸鱼在船附近跃出水面。
Not this
There was breach of contract.
Use this
There was a breach of contract.
英语中可数名词单数形式前通常需要冠词。'breach'作为可数名词（如breach of contract）表示具体的一次违反，因此需要不定冠词'a'。
Not this
They breached of the agreement.
Use this
They breached the agreement.
动词'breach'是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词'of'。'breach of'是名词短语结构，不能用于动词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
违反合同
The company sued for breach of contract.
该公司因违反合同而提起诉讼。
安全漏洞；违反安全规定
A breach of security allowed hackers to access the data.
安全漏洞使黑客得以访问数据。
失职
The officer was accused of a breach of duty.
该官员被指控失职。
扰乱治安
He was arrested for breach of the peace.
他因扰乱治安而被捕。
决堤
The floodwaters breached the dam.
洪水冲垮了水坝。
攻破城墙
The army breached the city wall.
军队攻破了城墙。
违约，违反合同
The company sued for breach of contract.
该公司因违约提起诉讼。
失信，背信行为
His actions constituted a breach of trust.
他的行为构成了背信。
临危受命，挺身而出
When the manager resigned, she stepped into the breach.
经理辞职后，她临危受命。
再次冲向缺口，亲爱的朋友们
Shakespeare's Henry V uses this line to urge his soldiers to attack again.
莎士比亚的《亨利五世》中用这句台词敦促士兵们再次进攻。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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想象一堵墙被攻破（breach），露出一个大裂口，记住：breach就是裂口或打破。
[object Object]
As a noun, often used with 'of' to indicate the thing broken; as a verb, always transitive.
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