Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #519
break
违反;违背
to fail to keep or obey something such as a promise, rule, or law
- 1.
To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
将(某物,常为钱)拆成更小单位
- 2.
To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
使(人或动物)丧失精神或意志;使精神崩溃
- 3.
To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
被压垮;悲痛欲绝
- 4.
To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
打断;破坏连续性;解除或终止
- 5.
To ruin financially.
使破产;使倾家荡产
- 6.
Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
(股价)突然暴跌
- 7.
To violate; to fail to adhere to.
违反;不遵守
- 8.
To end a fever.
退烧;使热度消退
- 9.
To end.
结束;终止
- 10.
To begin or end.
开始或结束
- 11.
To arrive.
到达;来临
- 12.
To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
(使)停止运作;(使)失灵
- 13.
To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
使(障碍物)不再阻挡;突破
- 14.
To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
打乱;使混乱;刺穿
- 15.
To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
(浪)在浅水处碎成浪花
- 16.
To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
迸发;冲出;出现
- 17.
To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
暂时停工;休息
- 18.
To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
用东西垫住以缓冲下落
- 19.
To become audible suddenly.
突然响起
- 20.
To change a steady state abruptly.
突然改变稳定状态
- 21.
To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
尝试挣脱并逃向;奔向
- 22.
To become deeper at puberty.
青春期时变深沉
- 23.
To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
因情绪或压力而变声:男性通常变高,女性有时变低;破声
- 24.
To lose a texture.
失去质地
- 25.
To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
超过(某一数字);打破(纪录),创下新纪录
- 26.
To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
作为接发球方赢得比赛
- 27.
To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
开球;将球从初始整齐排列中打散
- 28.
To remove one of the two men on (a point).
拿走(某点上的)两个棋子之一
- 29.
To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
降级;降低军衔
- 30.
To end (a connection); to disconnect.
结束(连接);断开
- 31.
To counter-attack.
反击
- 32.
To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
体质或能力变弱;失去健康或力量
- 33.
To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
破坏其强度、坚固性或一致性
- 34.
To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
革除职务和地位;撤职;解雇
- 35.
To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
突然改变;改变步态
- 36.
To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
在正常完成前终止程序执行
- 37.
To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
在调试期间暂停程序执行以便检查程序状态
- 38.
To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
导致或允许换行发生
出故障;弄坏;损坏;打断;中断;终止;把…换成零钱;破开;退烧;使退烧;使屈服;摧毁…的意志
In use
Be careful not to break the eggs when you put them in the bag.
He broke the chocolate bar into small pieces to share with his friends.
The strong wind broke several tree branches last night.
break sth into sth
表示把整体(如钞票、物体)拆成更小的单位。
Could you break this fifty into tens?
你能把这张五十元换成十元的吗?
break down
指车辆或机器停止运转;这是不及物动词短语。
The car broke down on the highway.
汽车在高速公路上抛锚了。
break sth
表示违反或不遵守;宾语可以指法律、规则、承诺等。
He broke the law and was arrested.
Connections
Collocations
- break the law
- 违法
- If you break the law, you may have to pay a fine.如果你违法,你可能需要缴纳罚款。
- break down
- (机器等)出故障;抛锚
- The elevator broke down, so we took the stairs.电梯出故障了,所以我们走了楼梯。
- break a habit
- 戒掉习惯
- It took him years to break the habit of smoking.他花了好几年才戒掉吸烟的习惯。
- break a twenty
- 把二十美元换成零钱
- Can you break a twenty? I need coins for the laundry.你能把二十美元换开吗?我需要硬币洗衣服。
- break a fever
- 退烧
- He took aspirin to break the fever.他吃了阿司匹林来退烧。
- break someone's heart
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一根树枝被用力一折,'咔嚓'断开成两截——这个动作就是break(断裂、中断)。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常生活、设备使用、维修咨询 在表示“弄坏、使停止运作”这一义项时,break 通常为中性词,多用于日常对话和一般叙述;更正式的文体中常使用 damage、malfunction 等更具体的词。
Grammar Note
既可作及物动词也可作不及物动词
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音匹配:break /breɪk/ 与 steak /steɪk/、brake /breɪk/(同音异形)、wake /weɪk/ 押韵。注意拼写陷阱:leak /liːk/、peak /piːk/、weak /wiːk/ 虽以 -eak 结尾,但发音为 /iːk/,与 break 不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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