1Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

大风把临街的窗户都刮坏了。

那块石板瓦从我手里滑到硬地板上摔成了两半。

1. 1.1 Sustain an injury involving the fracture of a bone or bones in a part of the body.
   （人或动物）骨折
   with object she had broken her leg in two places

   她的腿有两处骨折。

   no object what if his leg had broken?

   假如他的腿骨折了怎么办？

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He spent more than a month in hospital recovering from his many injuries, which included breaking both legs, his collar bone and jaw and he is still undergoing treatment.
   • She broke her foot recently in practice and will not be competing until after Christmas.
   • He fractured both legs, broke his right ankle and had deep cuts to his forehead.
   • The 18-year-old fell from the roof of Crumbs Bakery suffering extensive injuries by breaking both his legs and an arm.
   • Kelly, aged 24, suffered whiplash and a back injury, but her daughter broke her leg.
   • Emily had broken her arm falling off a piano stool and was ever so desperate to tell me all about it!
   • One woman broke a leg and the others had minor injuries.
   • Another patient broke both his legs jumping from the third floor.
   • Coastguards and paramedics sprinted more than a mile to the aid of a woman who had broken her ankle while walking along a cliff edge in Whitby.
   • He had sustained serious head injuries, and broke his right elbow and left leg.
   • Unfortunately, she landed badly, breaking a leg and fracturing a bone at the bottom of her spine.
   • In 1968 she was a passenger in a car when a lorry came out of a side turning and crashed into her, breaking both her arms and legs and causing other injuries.
   • A pensioner tripped over a pub's open cellar doors and broke his neck, an inquest heard.
   • He broke his shoulder, fractured eight ribs, punctured a lung and almost died.
   • The passenger - who has not been named - broke his leg and suffered a minor head injury after both were struck by the car.
   • A pensioner who broke her ankle while walking her dog has spoken out in praise of a scheme to boost community spirit.
   • Osteoporosis raises the risk of breaking a hip, yet femoral neck fractures in such patients are not always seen on x ray.
   • No one saw the attack which left Mrs Anderton, a lively and intelligent widow, with a fractured hip and broken wrist.
   • She slipped on damp grass, breaking a leg, cracking a bone in the other and hurting her shoulder.
   • It was her fault that Fay had broken her wrist.

   Synonyms

   fracture, crack, smash
2. 1.2with object Cause a cut or graze in (the skin)
   割破，擦破（皮肤）
   the bite had scarcely broken the skin

   被咬的地方连皮都没弄破。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • If I had done it only at a slightly different angle, it probably wouldn't have even broken the skin.
   • I knew that it hadn't broken the skin, but she scraped her nail against my skin hard enough for me to feel pain.
   • In the ensuing struggle she bit the security guard, breaking the skin and causing reddening and abrasions, the court heard.
   • New-fallen powder may be soft, but after a time it can compress, melt, form a layer of ice on its surface that is quite capable of breaking the skin.
   • He clenched his fists so tightly that he broke the skin on his palms.
   • A few shards of glass got stuck in my palm, breaking the skin.
   • It transpires that the snake had actually managed to bite through Ian's shinguards before breaking the skin.
   • With Patton in the saddle and leaning forward, the horse arose, reared back his head, and struck Patton on the eyebrow, breaking the skin.
   • Without wasting a second he forced the blade of the knife against my throat and pushed as hard as he could without breaking the skin.
   • I looked at the palms of my hands, and saw that I had broken the skin with my nails.
   • Looking down I realized that I had been holding the blade so tight that I had broken the skin.
   • His long nails streaked down his face, breaking the delicate skin.
   • Each time she attempted to move she felt the sharp edge of the blade break her skin.
   • It didn't break the skin and they didn't think it was serious until a few weeks ago half of her body was going numb.
   • Her blade traced a horizontal line on his throat, a scratch that just barely broke the skin, but not enough to draw blood.
   • She punched the wall, breaking the skin on her fist.
   • It was only a nip and it didn't break the skin, but it is about what the dog may do the next time.
   • I sucked in a sharp breath as the blade broke my skin.
   • The gun barrel dug so deep into her ribs that it actually broke the skin.
   • Her mother, Julie, removed her sandals and examined her feet and legs for signs that the needle had broken the skin.

   Synonyms

   pierce, puncture, penetrate, perforate
3. 1.3 Make or become inoperative.
   （使）失效；（使）失灵
   no object the machine has broken and they can't fix it until next week

   机器坏了，他们下星期才能修好。

   with object he's broken the video

   他把录像机搞坏了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • When she went back in after the last strike days she discovered that whoever had been trying to operate her machine had broken it instead.
   • However, in the ensuing minutes there was an argument, during which the sewing machine got broken.
   • My wife is emphatic about having to wear a certain outfit she pulled from the dirty clothes hamper to the party we have been invited to later, so, of course, the washing machine breaks.
   • They protested against the factories by breaking the machines.
   • If your washing machine breaks it will be guaranteed.
   • Right now, we've broken two bubble machines and have to buy a third one.
   • Someone broke the machine by jamming pencils in to it.
   • The video then shows him break the camera and the picture goes dead.
   • Second, I check whether I'm still able to judge speed and distance accurately by making sure I can get my car key in the door lock without breaking it or scratching the paintwork too much.
   • When the washing machine broke he fixed it so well it washed the clothes twice as fast, and picked up National Radio.
   • Her video camera broke, and they took shelter in the women's restroom to work on it.
   • He thinks he broke the machine when he accidentally minimized a window.
   • If he didn't watch what he was doing, he really was going to break one of these machines.
   • And, just to add insult to injury, I've even broken his bloody coffee machine!
   • He turned and knocked the machine over breaking it.
   • The ticket machine had broken and the punters were advised to pay on the train.
   • To their credit, the locals at first rebelled by breaking the machine so that no one could pay, but over time the revolution vanished like sand through so many fists.
   • We should simply break the machines and return to our caves.
   • I just figured some machine broke causing a big power outage.
   • It would seem like the sort of machine you'd break just by turning it off.

   Synonyms

   stop working, cease to function, cease to work, break down, go wrong, give out, develop a fault, malfunction, be damaged, be unusable
4. 1.4 (of the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus) be or cause to be discharged when the sac is ruptured in the first stages of labor.
   （孕妇的羊水）（使）破裂
   no object she realized her water had broken

   她意识到她的羊水破了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Rebecca's waters broke at about 4.30 am at their home in Kiltie Road, Tiptree.
   • The day after at 6.15 am I woke to go to the toilet, I felt a pop and it turned out to be my waters breaking.
   • A few minutes into the journey the contractions got so bad Rachel had to clamber into the back seat where her waters broke.
   • Her labour was going like clockwork when her waters broke on the evening of her due date.
   • But as luck would have it Jane's water broke at 11 am so we returned to the hospital.
   • Then to make matters worse, I thought my waters had broken as I felt the back of me suddenly become wet.
   • On Monday morning at 5.30 Susanne woke me to tell me that her waters had broken.
   • When I was seven and a half months pregnant, I was on the way to the photocopier in the office, when my waters broke.
   • Her waters broke as soon as she got into the ambulance.
   • The consultant agreed I could have an epidural if I agreed to have my waters broken - seemed like a fair deal to me.
   • Most commonly, about 90% of the time, your water breaks when your cervix is fully dilated.
   • I was desperately wanting her waters to break while I was there so we could all experience the joy of childbirth together, but they didn't.
   • Emma's waters broke while talking to Ed, so it was him that got her to the hospital and held her hand throughout labour.
   • Two days before my mothers' water broke, my father took me to the Florida Mall and we brought me some clothes.
   • She went to the bathroom and her waters broke, and she felt the urge to push.
   • I was in and out of hospital for about three weeks and then my waters broke.
   • Then at about midday or she calls to say, rather matter-of-factly, I thought, that her waters had broken and that she was having the baby.
   • Although Sara was due in early June, her water broke yesterday.
   • She was twenty-six weeks pregnant when her waters broke on Friday, December 7.
   • Looking down at her feet, she realized that her water had just broken.
5. 1.5informal with object Open (a safe) forcibly.
   强行打开，砸开（保险箱）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The maid broke the safe and stole money and jewellery.
   • If a burglar breaks the safe and steals the guns, I won't be held responsible for their criminal use because I did what I reasonably could to secure them.
   • They broke the safe in the Accounts Section and made away with the day's receipts.
6. 1.6with object Use (a piece of paper currency) to pay for something and receive change out of the transaction.
   兑开（纸币）
   she had to break a ten

   她不得不兑开一张十元的纸币。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Most of us are more inclined to break a note than fish around trying to find the right change.
   • Like my sister said, once you break a twenty the rest just disappears.
   • I haven't got any change, and I don't want to break a fiver.
7. 1.7no object (of two boxers or wrestlers) come out of a clinch, especially at the referee's command.
   （尤指拳击手或摔跤手在裁判下令后）分开，抱持后拆散
   I was acting as referee and telling them to break

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He said the first damaging blow came after the referee had told them to break and stop punching.
   • He possibly could have cautioned him for holding and hitting as well, or he could have simply ordered them to break.
   • The ref was not between the fighters but he was instructing them to break.
8. 1.8with object Unfurl (a flag or sail).
   展开（旗帜或船帆）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • We opened with the Canadian National Anthem and our Scout and Venture Leader broke the flag to open the festivities.
   • I even broke out the sail for a few minutes until I got bored and switched back to paddling.
   • When the chief Scout Master broke the flag a huge roar went up from the boys.
9. 1.9with object Succeed in deciphering (a code).
   破译（密码）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • It was created in 1943 to break German codes.
   • There then follows a long and tedious account of how they broke the enigma code.
   • It's a computer program that's used to break ciphers.
   • They were desperately looking for any clue that would help them break the code.
   • Well done to all who managed to break the code yesterday!
   • Here is where Alan Turing broke the codes that maybe won the second world war.
   • Then you have to spend time breaking the code and making your own key, which only lets you hotwire the vehicle.
   • When all the analyses were ready, the code was broken.
   • It would be a bit unfair to offer clues right now, if someone is close to breaking the code.
   • While attempting to break the Nazi codes, his character becomes obsessed with finding the woman he loves.
   • I feel that I am very close to breaking the code.
   • He starts to punch in numbers at random in an attempt to break the code and patch into the system.
   • In an interactive lecture, he then examined the tricks used to break such codes.
   • Another way to become rich and famous is to devise, or break a code.
   • There is little doubt that trying to break simple codes enhances one's understanding of cryptography.
   • At that point they'd broken the code, and they told people whether or not they'd received cells.
   • This was discovered by an astute cryptanalyst at Central Bureau and in April 1943 that code was broken.
   • We have a large exhibit on World War II cipher machines and the machines that broke the enemy's codes.
   • I started trying to break the code and was getting nowhere.
   • But if you could factor large numbers then you could break these codes.

   Synonyms

   decipher, decode, decrypt, unravel, solve, work out
10. 1.10with object Open (a shotgun or rifle) at the breech.
    Example sentencesExamples

    • She broke open the weapon, ejecting the spent shells.
    • I broke the gun and dropped a pair of low-brass 8s in the tubes.
    • I broke the gun, and the spent hull ejected amid a brief curl of smoke.
    • My scope stayed on the motionless body for a short time until I broke the rifle and sat down with my back leaning on the small ledge.
    • Gun-handling safety guidelines require a shooter to use a breaking type shotgun and to break the shotgun if approached by a member of the public.
11. 1.11with object Disprove (an alibi).
    证明（不在犯罪现场的辩护）不实
    Example sentencesExamples

    • The former husband emerged as the most promising suspect after the detectives were able to break his alibi.
    • But analysis of soil in his trouser cuffs broke his alibi and clinched the case.
    • He was arrested then released when the police couldn't break his alibi.
12. 1.12with object Invalidate (a will) through legal process.
    Example sentencesExamples

    • Remote heirs broke his will.
    • The four living children broke the will.

2with object Interrupt (a continuity, sequence, or course)

新政府打破了这种增长模式。

响声打断了他的专心致志。

1. 2.1 Put an end to (a silence) by speaking or making contact.
   打破（沉默）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • My mother broke the silence with a question, ‘Do you live nearby?’
   • Now he breaks his silence about the flawed evidence.
   • Yesterday, she broke her silence on the whispering campaign against her.
   • She felt it was her job to break the silence between the two.
   • More recently the firm broke its silence and revealed he had been hit by a viral infection and would not be back at work until May 10.
   • And now that they have broken their silence, it is hoped that others will find the courage to do the same.
   • He recently broke his silence, admitting that he went to England after losing his job in Paris and had tried to commit suicide.
   • Then an unknown pilot broke the silence and asked, ‘Wasn't I married to you once?’
   • She has broken her silence to speak of her determination to return to the post she has held for the past 10 years.
   • The actress has broken her silence about the whirlwind romance.
   • ‘Melissa,’ said Matthew breaking the silence and speaking for the first time since the fight had started.
   • A staff member caught up in the raid broke his silence on the experience yesterday.
   • At last, he broke the silence: ‘What are you writing about these days, anyway?’
   • The coroner has urged those who know the names of the killers to break their silence.
   • A father of two has broken his silence after keeping his sighting of a ghost 15 years ago at Woodville Halls Theatre a fearful secret.
   • The former girlfriend of a man accused of murder admitted yesterday that she broke her silence about the killing after police threatened to implicate her.
   • Liam did not break his silence over the abuse until two years ago.
   • But it was not until last summer that she broke her silence and called her former lover, when she feared biographers would unearth the details.
   • Police were alerted to the abuse around 20 years after it was carried out when the victim broke his silence.
   • She decided to break her silence because she thought it was the only way the council would listen to her concerns even though it meant sacrificing her job.
2. 2.2British Make a pause in (a journey)
   （旅行时）停顿，停留
   we will break our journey in Venice

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The newspapers reported that some passengers were breaking their journey at Earl's Court just to ride the escalator.
   • I wondered whether I should have stopped to talk with him that day, whether I should have broken my walk.
   • He started to search for a sheltered spot where he could break his journey.
   • There is plenty to do here and you may well decide to break your journey.
   • A list of visiting ships is still posted in reception, just as it was when they broke their voyages here en route to South Africa, and their guests came ashore in open boats.
   • I broke my journey several times.
   • Some of the long-distance festival visitors have become semi-regulars, breaking their train journeys at York just to sup a pint at The Maltings.
   • The Nepal trek will be broken by a transfer between two points.
   • Break the monotony of a long journey with frequent stops.
   • He broke his journey for the winter in Germany.
   • He probably caught the later train from Nottingham, and never broke his journey at Sheffield at all.
   • As part of their project, they created an Oak tree grove, with picnic and seating area, an ideal spot to rest or break a long journey.
   • He has a house in Burgundy, about halfway between Tuscany and England, and it was agreed to break the journey there.
   • They wished to break their journey for the night, and replenish their stock of fresh food before tackling the Great River.
   • If travelling from the distant south, consider breaking your journey with a day diving the Clyde or Oban.
   • Although the trip could comfortably be accomplished in one day I chose to break my journey at Middletown for an overnight stay.
   • I have broken the journey to dive on Sweden's west coast and on some freshwater wrecks in Lake Vattern.
   • There always seemed to be somebody there breaking their walk and brewing up.
   • Our journey back home to Doncaster from the Lakes is broken at Skipton to do our weekend shopping.
   • If you are planning to break your journey midway, some airlines offer free stopovers while others charge a fee.
3. 2.3no object Stop proceedings in order to have a pause or vacation.
   中止（会议议程以短暂休息或度假）
   at mid-morning they broke for coffee

   早上十点钟左右他们停下来喝咖啡。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Anyway, school broke for holidays, and I forgot all about it.
   • I broke for breakfast and got all tied up with washing and washing up and ended up wandering over to Asda through the lovely warm sun, so I didn't actually get anything else written until after lunch.
   • Packing was in full flow when I got to the office, but we broke for lunch, after which we tackled the cupboard full of unclaimed review kit.
   • By the time Council finally passed an operating budget and broke for recess in late June, more than a few players lay injured on the field.
   • It will then break for almost a month, before returning to the Guildhall for two to three weeks from July 2.
   • They are up extremely high, and they decide to break for lunch.
   • At 8.30, with half the agenda dealt with (nine minutes per item), we broke for a moment.
   • We break for lunch of salad with couscous, salmon and chicken.
   • We broke for sticky cake at 11, then continued working.
   • The club will run until June, break for the summer and resume again in September.
   • If you must break for tea, keep it quick.
   • The association will break for the summer but the executive will continue to meet as usual.
   • Each division we'll then play on alternative Saturdays and unlike the junior divisions will not break for Christmas.
   • The group meets every fortnight though they're set to break for the summer.
   • Even when they broke for dinner, the taunting continued.
   • They last met on August 7 when the fourth round of six-way talks broke for a recess.
   • When school broke for summer last week, 91 students filed out of High Park N.S. and went home to enjoy the summer holidays.
   • We repeat that a few times and then break for lunch.
   • I actually love spring break, and desperately want to break for spring.
   • Parliament didn't exactly clean off their desks before they broke for summer recess last Friday.

   Synonyms

   stop, pause, have a break, take a break, have a rest
4. 2.4 Lessen the impact of (a fall)
   减轻（落体的）冲击力度
   she put out an arm to break her fall

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He was the only one who jumped over the precipice hoping that they'd be a tree to break his fall.
   • Her involuntary reflexes kicked in, and she threw out her arms, managing to break his fall.
   • He survived with three cracked vertebrae and a dislocated finger after the roof of a shack broke his fall.
   • The crewman lost his balance and lurched toward a forward panel, instinctively breaking his fall with an out-thrust hand.
   • When she and Matt fell, she had stuck out her hands to break the fall.
   • Miraculously, a tree broke his fall.
   • The backpack had broken her fall, but it hadn't kept the breath from getting knocked out of her.
   • In an attempt to break her fall she put her hand out and it hit the wall, breaking a bone in her wrist.
   • Don't put your hands out to break your fall, or you might injure yourself.
   • She fell to the dirt like a doll, her arms breaking the fall painfully.
   • Who hasn't broken an impending fall with an outstretched hand, which can jar the bones of the elbow out of place?
   • He landed in some bushes that broke his fall.
   • The move was so unexpected that he lost his balance, and threw his arm out to break his fall.
   • My right arm went out to break my fall and I ended up landing right on my shoulder.
   • She tripped on the bottom step, yelling out automatically and stretching out her arms to break her fall.
   • The stone of the remaining steps would have made violent impact with his head if something had not broken his fall.
   • All three friends ran and jumped into the hole, hoping that there was something soft to break their fall.
   • Down I fell towards the ground, but on the way I hit several branches, which really broke my fall.
   • His fall was broken by some bins.
   • As she fell backwards she put her hands out to break the fall.

   Synonyms

   cushion, lessen the impact of, reduce the impact of, soften the impact of, take the edge off, diminish, moderate, mitigate
5. 2.5 Put an end to (a tie in a game) by making a score.
   打破（沉默）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The game remained deadlocked until Payne, coming off the bench, broke the tie for good.
   • This is unsurprising because most of them would not have had any experience of balloting procedures or how to break a tie.
   • Whoever owns the higher card breaks the tie and wins.
   • She was able to make good on a pass from her linemate to break the scoreless tie.
   • Mid-way through the period, Windsor broke the scoreless tie on a contentious goal.
   • Ties were broken by the position of the sixth runner on the respective teams.
   • One of the perennial problems of tournament play is how to break ties.
   • This will be awarded by a vote of the copy editors, the head of the desk to cast two votes if necessary to break a tie.
   • With her runner-up finish, she broke a three-way tie for the points lead and now has sole possession of the top spot.
   • Occasionally a third will be called in to break a tie between the previous two.
   • He had a chance to break the tie.
   • He hit a home run to break a second-game tie and help the Mets to a sweep.
   • In that case the team with the higher score wins, and in case of a tie, more hands are played until the tie is broken.
   • At Oakbank, Kyle Scott broke a scoreless tie.
   • If a tie still exists, the players continue playing from their reserves until the tie is broken.
   • If the candidates cannot reach an agreement, the candidates have the option of breaking the tie by a coin toss or by asking to rerun the elections for that position.
   • For this purpose the score for a simple game is ignored except to break ties.
   • Both teams have two points each and are hungry for the additional two points to break the tie.
   • Waterloo came out on top, however, taking all three of their mixed doubles and breaking the tie with the Blues.
   • If both sides have nine and a half points, the cards are recounted in a different way to break the tie.
6. 2.6 Disconnect or interrupt (an electrical circuit).
   切断（电路）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • A circuit breaker has a mechanism for automatically breaking an electrical circuit.
   • By bouncing, the reed breaks an electrical circuit.
   • A switch works by breaking the circuit, which stops the current.
   • If either voltage or current is too big you could break the circuit.
7. 2.7 Stop oneself from engaging in (a habitual practice).
   Example sentencesExamples

   • She shrugged it off and told herself it would take some time to break her old habits.
   • So don't feel guilty if your new habits are broken at certain times.
   • The pamphlet offered nothing about breaking habits.
   • How do you break habits when you're not as confident in the new methods, or at least in your skill with using them?
   • Old habits are hard to break.
   • Imagine how hard it must be to break a habit that's lasted ten years.
   • Here are some methods for breaking old habits and creating new, desirable ones.
   • The Canadian Cancer Society is urging smokers trying to quit to plan out how they are going to break their habit.
   • For adults over 25, many doctors regard it as too late to break their eating habits and make them fit and lean again.
   • We would have to break old habits that perhaps were once useful, but don't serve their purpose anymore.
   • You are attempting something that is inherently very difficult: breaking old habits.
   • The addictions would probably be easier to break once she began to deal with what had happened to her.
   • Really wanting to break this bad habit is the first step to stopping.
   • Also, of course, there is the reality that 20 or 30 years of habit are not broken in a fortnight.
   • I suggest you pick a few of your unhealthy eating habits, and give yourself a month to work on breaking those habits.
   • I never managed to break the teenage habit of jiggling my legs and fidgeting when I have to sit still for a long time.
   • It took a long time - and a lot of support - for him to break his habit, and he still doesn't feel like the person he was.
   • Honestly, a course isn't going to help break the bad habits that caused the problem in the first place.
   • In the course of the 1980s, the recognition of nicotine addiction offered an explanation of the difficulty experienced by some in breaking the smoking habit.
   • If you spot smoking triggers write down how you could deal with them if you were to stop smoking - a good way to break a habit is to replace it with a new one.

   Synonyms

   give up, relinquish, drop, get out of
8. 2.8 Surpass (a record)
   打破（纪录）
   the movie broke box-office records

   这部电影打破了全美的票房纪录。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The unbeatable women's softball team won a third straight gold, breaking 18 Olympic records in the process.
   • The films, too, have proved a hit with an older audience, breaking box-office records for a foreign film.
   • A fitness fanatic has broken the world record for the most chin-ups done in one hour.
   • He has broken the record for most expensive film three times, but has always managed to produce interesting films that have made money.
   • There have been some interesting results with long standing records being broken.
   • He broke the club's try-scoring record last season but has been sidelined this term after undergoing a knee reconstruction.
   • The film broke box-office records and won seven Academy Awards.
   • He has already said he will try to break the world record.
   • It broke the previous record for the world's largest choir last Christmas with 6,846 young voices at the Manchester Evening News Arena.
   • People forget that this team broke all sorts of try-scoring records.
   • Thereafter, I broke the lap record five times and still only finished fourth, so that demonstrates what small margins you are operating within.
   • She holds the trump card after breaking the world record three times this year.
   • This film broke box office attendance records in Cuba and achieved world-wide acclaim.
   • He broke the lap record four times, the first coming in lap one from a standing start, the second in lap two.
   • She broke her own record of 4.89 m which she set in Birmingham on Sunday.
   • I know I could have done 100 mph, but I have broken the record and that is the most important thing.
   • He got into the final with an Olympic record, and then broke the Olympic record again to get the gold medal.
   • He has broken every goalscoring record there has ever been.
   • When an athlete breaks a world record, the previous record-holder's title is eclipsed.
   • Irish cinema-goers are breaking box-office records, according to new research.

   Synonyms

   exceed, surpass, beat, better, cap, top, trump, outdo, outstrip, go beyond, eclipse, put in the shade

3with object Fail to observe (a law, regulation, or agreement)

该委员会称它将告发违法商人。

一个具有法律约束力、需双方同意才能取消的合同。

1. 3.1 Fail to continue with (a self-imposed discipline)
   中断（自我约束）
   diets started without preparation are broken all the time

   在没有准备的情况之下开始的节食计划往往不能坚持。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It is no wonder that winter time is when most people break their exercise routines, start unhealthy eating habits and gain weight.
   • I didn't realize Vikki wasn't willing to break her healthy habits and was unable to convince her to share fish 'n chips with me.
   • She resists the urge to break her diet.

4with object Crush the emotional strength, spirit, or resistance of.

这个主意目的在于改造这些囚犯，而不是压垮他们。

1. 4.1no object (of a person's emotional strength) give way.
   （人的精神力量或自控能力）垮掉
   her self-control finally broke

   她终于失去了自制力。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The words died on her tongue, and all of her well-trained control broke.
   • Her control broke and she hit him hard across the face.
   • The phone clicked back into place as Jackie crumpled onto the floor, her composure finally breaking.
   • Once in his room, Tony's fragile control broke, tears quickly blinding him.

   Synonyms

   give way, collapse, crack, be overcome, give in, cave in, yield, crumple, go to pieces
2. 4.2 Destroy the power of (a movement or organization).
   摧毁
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The bourgeoisie are agreed that the only solution is a dictatorship that crushes and breaks the workers' movement.
   • It was also viewed by its architects as a way to break the power of the elite, who are still very much in control.
   • They know that this could break the movement and we are afraid that it will work.
   • True, he broke the power of the trade unions but the result was near total economic collapse.
   • Government indifference and racist violence did not break the movement - in fact it radicalised it.

   Synonyms

   destroy, crush, smash, quash, defeat, vanquish, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, cripple, bring someone to their knees
3. 4.3 Destroy the effectiveness of (a strike), typically by bringing in other people to replace the striking workers.
   破坏（罢工的）效果（尤指通过调入新人员取代罢工工人）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • He betrayed his former socialist beliefs by breaking a strike of railwaymen in 1910.
   • A lot of friendships were broken through people breaking the strike.
   • Strikers were disgusted to hear that journalists were being paid £100 per day extra to break the strike.
   • A convoy of police cars escorted trucks and vans full of workers sent by other apple growers to break the strike.
   • Management attempted to use 40 workers brought over from Holland last week to break the strike.
   • That night the cabinet rounded up the strike leaders and flooded Glasgow with tanks and trainloads of troops to break the strike.
   • The union claims that management has begun recruiting casual workers to break the strike.
   • The school management has drawn up plans to try to break Thursday's strike by bringing in supply teachers.
   • The council is attempting to break the strike by opening three out of seven libraries with casual staff.
   • Workers established the picket in order to prevent the company breaking the strike with replacement drivers.
   • The company has turned to the state government and courts to help break the strike.
   • Worse still, soldiers were used to break strikes: workers and peasants were set to fight one another in the clothes of striker and soldier.
   • During the strike workers condemned management appeals to private sector workers to break the strike.
   • On January 3 management sent out more than 200 dismissal notices in an attempt to break the strike.
   • The service drafted in prison officers to work in kitchens in an attempt to break the strike.
   • In El Salvador riot police broke a medical workers strike by occupying clinics in February.
   • Clearly this was a crude attempt to break the strike.
   • How dare you support a union that helped to break a strike?
   • It was also utilised to break strikes by workers agitating for better working conditions and wages.
   • In an attempt to break the strike, the airlines flew in baggage-handling personnel from abroad.
4. 4.4 Tame or train (a horse).
   Example sentencesExamples

   • He must use at least as much intelligence and energy in bringing her to trust him, and to accept the bargain he offers, as he would in breaking a horse.
   • Father went to work for a short time breaking horses for the owner of a livery stable, who was doing a big business locating for homesteaders.
   • It felt good to be able to go out and do a hard day's physical labor of chasing stray cattle, driving into town to collect mail and supplies or breaking horses.
   • He was also skilled at breaking horses and racing them.
   • I worked with horses, broke the young ones, rode in the rodeos.
   • One day, when Alexander was a boy, his father and some of his companions were trying to break a horse.
   • You can't break a colt merely by observing general principles.
   • His talent for breaking horses soon earned him the name The Breaker.
   • Who ever heard of a young woman breaking stallions?
   • He remembered the proud look on his son's face as he broke the horses others said couldn't be ridden.
   • He broke over 400 horses ranging from two to eight years olds.
   • As a boy, when he wasn't chopping firewood, breaking broncs or working a local ranch, he was drawing.
   • When you set about breaking a young horse, the first thing you have to do is break him to the halter so that he learns to respect it and understand that he cannot get away.
   • He was out on the range breaking a horse when he caught sight of the lone rider.
   • He ‘officially’ started training horses for money when he was 13 years old, breaking colts for the locals.
   • Many, many trainers have tried to break this horse, and have not succeeded.
   • He still spends a full day in the saddle, breaking his own horses, of course.
   • They all knew how to ride but when it came to breaking horses and rounding up the herds the women had nothing to do with it.
   • He broke the American horses at the Texas training facility owned by his family.
   • He was soon working in the north shearing and breaking horses.

5no object (of the weather) change suddenly.

天气骤变，隆隆雷声响彻乌云密布的天空。

1. 5.1 (of a storm) begin violently.
   （暴风雨）爆发
   Example sentencesExamples

   • They left and soon after the storm broke.
   • People walked by on the sidewalks, running errands, trying to get home before the storm broke.
   • A storm broke, sending them home early, but they got caught crossing a rapidly rising creek.
   • A huge thunderstorm broke over St. George's early this morning.
   • As soon as they had left the field, the storm broke and there was torrential rain.
   • Just after I left the site a huge thunderstorm broke over Greensboro which continued through the dusk.
   • Whales were almost completely absent the day before a storm broke, and the numbers migrating slowly increased once it was over.
   • As he climbed into his campaign bus a thunderstorm broke over the city.
   • However, at that same moment, a thunderstorm broke loose around them.
   • But just as the Queen was about to arrive in her carriage a thunderstorm broke, forcing everyone to run for cover.
   • As I headed toward the forest, a tremendous thunderstorm broke.
   • During the night a storm broke, and the bungalow leaked badly.
   • While we were dining in the hotel's restaurant the usual evening thunderstorm broke, along with a blinding downpour.
   • The sudden thunderstorm broke at approximately 4.30 pm caused flooding of up to two feet in some areas.
   • The storm broke the next morning.
   • On August 20 a terrific hurricane broke over the mountains.
   • On the way to the airport, a colossal thunderstorm broke.
   • A mild thunderstorm has just broken out over west London, minutes after I got home.
   • Looking down from the mouth of the pass, I could see now that a lot of our members wouldn't make it before the storm broke.
   • The storm broke as she arrived at the house, and the sudden downpour soaked her between the taxi and the front door.
2. 5.2 (of dawn or day) begin with the sun rising.
   （天）破晓；（晨曦）初露
   dawn was just breaking

   天刚破晓。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Numerous teams of volunteers set off armed with litter-pickers and bags as dawn was breaking.
   • Police cordoned off the area overnight and as dawn broke, forensic investigations began at the crime scene.
   • Dawn began to break as we approached Cape May, New Jersey, and soon the sun was up.
   • As day broke, the sun came out, and so did the insects.
   • Dawn was breaking, and the pale pink sunrise brushed its fingers of light over everything.
   • Birds started singing because they thought dawn had broken.
   • Seagulls from Cork harbour were flying overhead and the dawn was breaking.
   • When dawn began to break, I guarded the controls and let my pilot continue with the approach.
   • The journey down wasn't too bad and I only started to notice the traffic as I crossed the Severn Bridge as dawn was breaking.
   • By the time dawn broke over the notorious stretch of the Lancashire coast any chance of survival had ebbed away for those still out at sea.
   • Daylight began to break, as tired pastel rays of sunlight fell upon Anna's face.
   • Dawn was a few hours away but when the day broke he knew his cover wouldn't last for long.
   • Dawn broke and weak light filtered over the horizon.
   • Americans will be at their desks on Christmas Eve and back, as ever, when dawn breaks on Boxing Day.
   • Once I witnessed the dawn breaking as I went out to check a sickly lamb.
   • I was woken by dawn breaking.
   • When day broke, the summer dawn could not penetrate the leaden gloom above the city.
   • As day broke, the eyes of news outlets were focused on New Orleans, the biggest city threatened by the storm and the city with the biggest potential for disaster.
   • Dawn was breaking as Marie rose from her first restful night's sleep in two weeks.
   • When dawn broke, he rose stiffly, and stretched his aching limbs.

   Synonyms

   dawn, begin, start, come into being, come forth, emerge, appear
3. 5.3 (of clouds) move apart and begin to disperse.
   （云）散开
   Example sentencesExamples

   • In all the time we've lived here, not once has the cloud cover broken.
   • At last, below him the clouds broke and he could see where he came from.
   • The rain had stopped and the clouds broke to let a Sunday afternoon sun out.
   • However at 3:15 pm the clouds finally broke and he was allowed half an hour of uninterrupted viewing before sunset.
   • The clouds broke apart and never dropped their rain.
   • But when Ronnie came forward, the clouds broke and the sun came out.
   • It rained and snowed the whole next day, but as night set in, the clouds began to break.
   • The grey, looming clouds began to break apart and the blue sky of winter slowly began to show.
   • In the early afternoon, the clouds broke and the sun blazed.
   • The clouds are breaking and it's time for me to go flying.
   • It was a full moon and we were probably spotted when the clouds broke.
   • Once the fog broke and he could see the harbor stretching out in front of him he turned left and peered into the windows of the first bar he came upon.
   • These build and swell into clouds, suddenly breaking apart and dispersing unexpectedly.
   • The clouds broke over the vast ranch lands of the Wet Valley.
   • The clouds broke, and the fair moon shone through.
   • The clouds had broken and a corner of blue sky was peeping out towards the west.
   • Despite my earlier reluctance to face the wintry conditions, it was curiously exhilarating to battle through the snowdrifts and clouds and arrive by the summit just as the clouds broke.
   • Every now and then the fog would break for a moment, exposing the mountain range looming in the distance.
   • As we talked, the clouds started to break for the first time.
   • Glancing through the window he saw the cloud breaking and above he could make out the faint glimmer of stars.
4. 5.4 (of waves) curl over and dissolve into foam.
   （波浪）卷碎，破碎（成泡沫）
   the Caribbean sea breaking gently on the shore

   加勒比海浪花飞溅，轻轻拍打着海岸。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The wave breaks over my head, but I'm still upright.
   • It is a bit windy but the waves are breaking nicely.
   • We were told that in the very worst weather, the waves broke over the dunes and splashed the windows.
   • Waves broke against the dark rocks to her left, and foamed and swirled like a jacuzzi.
   • We were standing near the beach watching the embers of someone else's fire and listening to waves break on the shingle.
   • Waves broke constantly over the deck, washing whole groups of terrified passengers overboard.
   • The image most people have of a tsunami is a large, steep wave breaking on the shore.
   • In creative visualization, the meditator forms a mental picture that conveys relaxation, such as waves breaking gently on the sand.
   • Even in calm seas, the waves breaking over a reef are dangerous.
   • His pace was brisk and he did not seem to appreciate the music of the sea waves breaking against the parapet.
   • As each wave breaks over the sand, it brings in a fresh cargo of wriggling fish to the shore.
   • It's like going out into the sea and letting the waves break over you.
   • Standing on the cliff, you see the waves breaking at the shore down below.
   • The waves sparkled as they broke against the sea wall.
   • It is void of any traffic at this hour, with - the waves out there have begun to break further and further out.
   • These waves break far from the shore, and the surf gently rolls over the front of the wave.
   • Turning his face towards the sea, he watched the low waves breaking on the sea wall.
   • They could see huge waves breaking over the main harbour and tossing ships about like tiny corks.
   • The beach is wide and large and the waves break far out.
   • The waves break on the rocky shoreline as the tide comes in.

   Synonyms

   crash, dash, beat, pound, lash
5. 5.5 (of the voice) falter and change tone, due to emotion.
   （人的声音由于感情激动而）颤抖
   her voice broke as she relived the experience

   回想起那段经历，她的声音都颤抖了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Here, my voice broke as I let my emotions through for the first time in a year.
   • Alex's voice broke and his hand's shook as he stood up.
   • Rebecca's voice broke and her sobs took place of her voice.
   • Her mother's voice broke helplessly, and she blinked rapidly, pulling her daughter in for a tight embrace.
   • At this, her voice broke, and tears streamed down her face.
   • As she looked at her husband, her voice broke and the tears came.
   • At that point her voice broke and her emotions took control.
   • Her voice broke as she said this, and she blinked.
   • His voice broke as he fought back emotions to tell an Old Bailey jury of the boy's last words.
   • Her voice broke and she struggled to get it back.
   • Her voice broke and she looked away angrily as tears filled her eyes.
   • His voice broke slightly as he said this and he cleared his throat.
   • His voice broke and he put his face in his hands and sobbed uncontrollably.
   • ‘It's all right, I forgive you… I forgive you,’ he said, his voice breaking.
   • Her voice broke and she buried her face in her hands, the memories that seemed to have been lost for some time finally made themselves known in her mind.
   • Her voice trembled and broke at times, but she consistently looked upon Angie's face with eagerness.
   • She'd called me up, her voice breaking and shaking, I could tell she was hurt.
   • Mary's voice broke and she rested her forehead against her hands again.
   • Her voice broke despairingly, as the depression of the last few days threatened to overwhelm her again.
   • ‘It's all right, sweetheart,’ he murmured, his voice breaking slightly as his own eyes filled up with tears.

   Synonyms

   falter, quaver, quiver, tremble, shake
6. 5.6 (of a boy's voice) change in tone and register at puberty.
   （男孩嗓音）青春期变粗
   Example sentencesExamples

   • There, especially after his voice broke and shattered his hopes of a singing career, he knocked on every door he could find in a bid to get powerful patrons.
   • He turned professional at the age of 12 but had to ‘retire’ when his voice broke at 16.
   • And trust me, even now that his voice has broken he's still capable of making busy note runs sound simple and gorgeous.
   • He was now 14, and his voice was breaking.
   • What I didn't reckon on was that this hormonal upheaval was also going to result in my voice breaking.
7. 5.7Phonetics (of a vowel) develop into a diphthong, under the influence of an adjacent sound.
   〔语音〕（元音）发生割裂而变成双元音
   breaking due to a following r or h

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In many (but not all) accents of English, a similar breaking happens to tense vowels before l.
   • Breaking of a short vowel gives a short diphthong.
   • There is a considerable variation in breaking between different dialects and different generations of speakers.
8. 5.8 (of prices on the stock exchange) fall sharply.
   （股价）暴跌
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The latest bear market is now in its ninth week, while the Dow has broken well below its post-11 September trough.
   • If there is enough resistance to stop prices from breaking above this line, do not enter long positions.
   • If price breaks above the high, a bullish bias is adopted.
   • What traders want to confirm is that the price is indeed falling and will break back through the upper trendline.
9. 5.9 Make the first stroke at the beginning of a game of billiards, pool, or snooker.
   开球破局（打台球、撞球或斯诺克时第一杆把聚在一起的球打散）

6no object (of news or a scandal) suddenly become public.

自从那条新闻披露以来，我已经收到了几千封绝妙的信件。

1. 6.1break something to someonewith object Make bad news known to someone.
   向某人透露坏消息
   Example sentencesExamples

   • She broke the news to them last Monday in a meeting with the entire team.
   • It was only then that Elaine broke the news to her parents and her sisters and brothers.
   • He was devastated when a doctor first broke the news to him.
   • Referring to fatal accidents Chief Supt Carey added: ‘I have dealt with several fatal accidents and nobody can imagine what it is like having to break such terrible news to a family.’
   • I was just about to break the terrible news to her when her cat strolled casually around the corner of the house.
   • Anyhow, I broke the news to him in a very compassionate way, and gave him whatever counselling I could.
   • The board's chief executive broke the news to staff in on Tuesday morning.
   • She said it had been very emotional when they broke the news to residents on Tuesday.
   • One day his brother came and broke the news to her, but it took a few days to sink in.
   • Her husband broke the news to her, and the couple celebrated by putting the kettle on and sitting down with a cup of tea.
   • Police broke the news to her father and mother today.
   • When he returned to Germany for the Christmas holiday, he broke the news to her that he had been asked to stay for another two-and-a-half years.
   • Bosses broke the news to workers at a meeting for all 500 employees last night.
   • In an interview, she said doctors broke the news to them last week that their two-month-old tot Harvey had been born with a rare condition that means he will face a lifetime of darkness.
   • When the chaps emerged from their meeting, I broke the news to them.
   • Alan eventually broke the news to her over a cup of coffee when they got home.
   • Then when the time was right, we broke the news to them, and carefully monitored the response over several days.
   • When we broke the news to her mother, she said her daughter would never do something like that.
   • But later that evening the police came and broke the bad news to him, he said.
   • Managers broke the news to staff on Monday afternoon, hours after drivers were ordered not to deliver goods until cash on previous orders was collected.

   Synonyms

   reveal, disclose, divulge, let out

7no object, with adverbial (chiefly of an attacking player or team, or of a military force) make a rush or dash in a particular direction.

1. 7.1 (of a pitched baseball) curve or drop on its way toward the batter.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • While his fastball is in the low 90s, it's his various breaking pitches that have made Kim successful.
   • But the Canadian showed very solid breaking pitches, which he used often with two-strike counts.
   • He often uses it to get ahead of hitters 0-2 and then comes with a curveball that breaks sharply downward.
   • Sheets has a mid-90s fastball, a curve that breaks like a Whiffleball in a headwind and a changeup that is a work-in-progress.
   • The angle of the wrist of the pitching hand in the glove can be a giveaway to a fastball or breaking pitch.
   • His two breaking pitches were excellent, though, and his control was superb.
   • He can really handle the bat including breaking pitches.
   • They say his fastball was 88-90 mph and his curveball was breaking sharply.
   • Unlike some minor league power hitters who struggle with major league curveballs, Ortiz can hit breaking pitches as well as fastballs.
   • He only throws two pitches, a big breaking pitch and a bigger sinking fastball.
   • Hitters didn't have to adjust to swing at mid-80s fastballs, breaking pitches and splitters.
   • Throughout most of his career, breaking pitches had troubled the big-swinging Howard.
   • It was his missing slider, which usually looks like a fastball for a strike until it breaks toward a righthander's shoetops.
   • Neither looked fantastic, but mid-90s fastballs and jaw-dropping breaking pitches were quite prevalent.
   • He finished strong in 2000, regaining the touch on his breaking pitches toward the end of the season.
   • His breaking pitches lacked movement, and his fastball, one of his saving graces in the fourth game, seemed to have departed him.
   • When he bores fastballs and sharp breaking pitches into the hands of righthanders, they have trouble getting around on them, even if they see them longer.
   • Most hitters prefer to stand deep in the batter's box, giving them an extra split-second to hit the fastball and recognize breaking pitches.
   • His main breaking pitch is a slider, but he mixes in a curveball on occasion.
   • Every home run I've seen has been on a fastball, and I've seen very few base hits off of good breaking pitches.
2. 7.2 (of a bowled cricket ball) change direction on bouncing, due to spin.
   （板球）突然转向
   Example sentencesExamples

   • This is done by twisting the wrist at the moment of delivery so that the ball breaks when it strikes with the pitch.
   • Will there emerge a spinner who breaks the ball so sharply that he needs no fielders on one side of the wicket?
   • How much the ball breaks will often depend on the kind of pitch it is.
3. 7.3 (of a ball) rebound unpredictably.
   〔英足〕（球）突然弹开
   the ball broke to Craig but his shot rebounded from the post

   球弹向克雷格，但他射门时，球又踢到门柱上弹开了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The ball broke among a swarm of backs and forwards.
   • The ball breaks to Owen on the left of the Argentinian box.
   • From a Korean free-kick on the right, the ball breaks to Lee on the edge of the box.
   • He finished in style when the ball broke to him.
   • The ball broke to him on the right of the box.

1An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

1950年以来这本杂志的发行从未间断过。

1. 1.1 An act of separating oneself from a state of affairs.
   断绝
   a break with the past

   与过去告别。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Since this break from the rules and formalities of European culture, Americans have never looked back.
   • This represented a break with 1900 years of complete Christian consensus.
   • In a break with tradition, the Welsh Rugby Union has decided to make tickets for Six Nations matches available to the general public via their internet site.
   • We may need to make a break with the past and with past evidence.
   • All in all, his break from his instrumental past proves moving and well judged.
   • The filmmakers were making a break from the ironclad Soviet cinematic ideology.
2. 1.2 A change in the weather.
   天气突变
   a week or so may pass without a break in the weather

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The weather remained gloomy, with small breaks of sunshine.
   • After a week of waiting, there was a break in the weather.
   • After two very wet months will we get a break in the bad weather?
   • Everywhere, the streets were filled with people, enjoying — at last — a break in the rain.

   Synonyms

   change, alteration, variation
3. 1.3with modifier A change of line, paragraph, or page.
   换行；换段；换页
   dotted lines on the screen show page breaks

   屏幕上的虚线表示换页。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Blank verse like this is like tennis without the net; it is prose with line breaks.
   • Paragraph breaks have been inserted for clarity
   • Place the text description first, followed by a line break, and then the select menu.
   • Sorry if my transitions between page breaks aren't very orderly.
   • His prose, rich in dialect and at times fragmented into poetic line breaks, is well worth the time required to fully comprehend its rhythms.
   • They also need to sort out the length of their paragraphs and proof reading generally, this article in particular gave me a migraine with its lack of line breaks.
   • The column is a little hard to read since the Times website has inexplicably removed all the paragraph breaks, but it's worth plowing through anyway.
   • Rather than slow down the reading pace, the sound shape of the poem intensifies the oral density of each line, somehow nearly erasing the line breaks.
   • In particular, he had to decide how to sequence the stories and ads on any given page, and when to put in line breaks.
   • The line length gives some formatting problems, requiring the use of a small typeface if there are to be no unplanned line breaks.
   • As well as the titles I have cut out a couple of line breaks, it's an attempt to make it all look a little better, I'll reserve judgement for now, things could change back.
   • Her line breaks are uniquely hers, beautifully jolting without any winking self-congratulation.
   • WordPerfect allows you to mark a block of text as not permitted to be interrupted by a page break.
   • A concise and true statement for a book largely filled with poems that read more like essays with poetic line breaks.
   • The ‘preview’ mode can't cope with line breaks; however, line breaks do appear correctly after the comment has been published.
   • When it works, line breaks will be changed into paragraphs, and links will be allowed in comments.
   • It should be in a very readable state, with page breaks and titles for each page.
   • He has made a fairly close, but not exact, approximation of page breaks, and preserved the numbering system fairly well.
   • How many page breaks can exist in a chapter?
   • We removed the spaces between words and inserted arbitrary line breaks.
4. 1.4 A change of tone in the voice due to emotion.
   （因情感作用）嗓音突变
   there was a break in her voice now

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There was a break in her voice as if she were going to burst out crying.
   • I picked up on the urgency in her voice, detecting emotional breaks.
   • There was a break in his voice when he bade farewell to the reporters.
5. 1.5 An interruption in an electrical circuit.
   切断（电路）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • A switch is a break in the circuit that stops the electrons from flowing.
   • A dead light-bulb is a break in the circuit, so that will also stop the current.
   • The break in the electric circuit had not been closed by pressure on the trip wire.
6. 1.6Tennis The winning of a game against an opponent's serve.
   〔网球〕对方发球而己方获胜，破发
   Example sentencesExamples

   • She managed to pull off a decisive break of serve in the 11th game, and kept her nerves cool to get the job done in the next one.
   • Both men refused to yield in a dead-level opening set completed without a single break of serve.
   • He is a model of calmness on court in the third set and secures the crucial break of serve in game seven
   • The final set was decided by a single break of serve in the ninth game, achieved with a spectacular running forehand down the line.
   • The 22-year-old crawled back to 3-4 with a service break in the seventh game.

2A pause in work or during an activity or event.

做脑力工作时，我需要工间休息。

那些事假后重新回来工作的人。

他们喝着咖啡休息了很长时间。

1. 2.1 A short vacation.
   the Christmas break

   Example sentencesExamples

   • With the recent weather conditions and the Christmas break they have had a well earned rest.
   • It was a relaxing break and well needed respite for both of us.
   • All I plan to do is enjoy my summer break and wait and see what happens.
   • Will people want to honour her, as they did then, or will the extended bank holiday designated for this purpose simply pass off as a pleasant break?
   • He also stressed that the bad weather might afford people the opportunity to avail of cheap breaks within the region.
   • Bryan, who is son of Michael and Carmel Reidy, went to New York in the early 1980s on a summer break from college.
   • If you're planning a short weekend break to Amsterdam, there are a lot of places you shouldn't miss.
   • She said they feared Chinese students going home for the Easter break could become infected and pass on the virus when they returned to college.
   • The couple went on a break to Paris in September 2002, but split up within a fortnight of their return, jurors heard.
   • Cities Direct promises a uniquely different time with breaks to Belgium.
   • He is delighted to be back, but he did enjoy his break very much, and the weather suited him very well.
   • So the summer break seemed an ideal opportunity to visit the outlaws, my partner's parents, and brush up on the German.
   • We look forward to organising similar activities during the summer break.
   • People are taking shorter holidays so city breaks are more popular.
   • While the number of Irish holidaymakers enjoying short breaks or full-week stays in the region was up, there was a drop-off in visitors from abroad.
   • Then on Monday schools in the Paris region returned from their Easter break, and young students marched out of classes in their tens of thousands.
   • They have put together three different kinds of good-value breaks.
   • Weekend breaks are available for about £160 for a double room for two nights.
   • I know that people travel from far and wide to enjoy short breaks and long holidays in our beautiful and historic city.
   • It's time to consider some time off and we're thinking about a short break to Germany.

   Synonyms

   holiday, time off, period of leave
2. 2.2 A short solo or instrumental passage in jazz or popular music.
   （爵士或流行音乐中的）独奏（或器乐演奏）短段
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The song, with the addition of a long instrumental solo break, drove the lyrical quality of the song to the heart.
   • She is a fine pianist, straddling jazz, pop and classical styles, and the instrumental breaks on her debut album are solid.
   • Tracks on the album tend to feature brief lyric verses interspersed with longer instrumental breaks.
   • Also included is some of the music whose breaks and bridges formed the basis for this new music.
   • Some of the songs are also too long and would benefit from shorter instrumental breaks.