break vt., vi. broke, broken, breaking
    打破；碰破；折斷；打碎 The stone broke the window.石頭打壞了窗子。
    The cup broke on the floor.杯子摔碎在地板上了。
    You'll break your neck if you aren't more careful! (喻)你如果不加倍小心,你會(huì)摔死的!
    分裂；裂開(kāi) The newly-published chronicle breaks down into eight major parts.
    這部新出版的編年史分成八大部分。
    毀壞；弄壞；損壞 He broke his wristwatch.他把他的手表弄壞了。
    （突然用力）變成；成為 The prisoner broke loose.犯人脫逃了。
    擦破 to break the skin擦破皮膚
    違背；違犯；不遵守 to break the law犯法
    He always breaks faith with his clients.他對(duì)顧客總是不守信用。
    It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.
    全組人員干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。
    If smeone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group.
    如果有人違反了制度,就把問(wèn)題提交給全體成員解決。
    闖 He broke into the shop他闖入商店。
    馴服；制服 to break a horse馴服一匹馬
    超過(guò)；超越 to break a record in sports打破運(yùn)動(dòng)記錄
    泄露；發(fā)布；透露 to break the news 發(fā)布消息
    中斷 Let's break for a meal.讓我們休息一下去吃飯吧。
    結(jié)束；停止to break the silence打破沉寂
    突然發(fā)生，突然出現(xiàn) as day breaks拂曉時(shí)Day breaks.; Day dawns.天亮了。
    衰退；減弱His health broke.他的健康衰退。
    突變 His voice broke when he was 15.他15歲時(shí)嗓音突然變了。
    破譯（密碼） She broke their code.她破譯了他們的密碼。
    【習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)】
    break the back of完成主要的或最艱難的部分
    It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.
    全組人員干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。
    break camp拔營(yíng)
    break cover跳出躲藏處
    break the ice打破冷場(chǎng)
    break new ground有新發(fā)現(xiàn)
    The scheme says nothing new; it doesn't break new ground.這個(gè)方案沒(méi)有新意,它沒(méi)有提出新的見(jiàn)解。
    break step步伐紊亂