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英 [breɪk]

vt.打破;打碎;损坏;使失灵;折断(骨头);使骨折;使破裂;撕裂;撕开;擦破;打破;结束;断绝;与…决裂;放弃;瓦解…的决心;使丧失勇气;毁掉…的前程;减弱…的势头;减轻…的力度;公布,发布(消息);兑开,破开(钞票);使改掉,使戒除(习惯);使破产;使穷困潦倒;把…降级;把…降职;击中(桩门)使横木掉落;打开…后膛;切断;

vi.坏掉;损坏;停止;暂停;突变;骤起;散开;破晓;减势;落下;破碎;(常指因情绪激动)变声,变调;(嗓音)变粗;暴跌;(跑步、赛马时)突然改变步态,突然加快速度;弹地转向;开球破局;从起点冲出;起跑;抱持后拆散;分开;发生割裂而变成双元音;

n.裂口;缺口;裂缝;骨折;短假;小憩;间歇;课间休息;(尤指证明自己能力的)机遇,机会,好运;(关系的)断绝,决裂,破裂;停顿;间断;中止;决裂;(尤指股票的)暴跌;(诗行的)停顿,句读;连续进球;单杆;单杆得分;开球;开球权;破发球局;破发;(体育比赛的)中场休息;(赛跑、赛马的)起跑;失误(保龄球运动中两次投球后未能将所有瓶子击倒);(爵士乐中的)即兴独奏华彩段;(流行歌曲的)乐器演奏部分;开断;断路;扭抱后分开;

双语例句
  • You need a break from routine.

    你需要从日常工作中解脱出来去休息一下。

    《牛津词典》
  • Old bones break easily.

    老骨头容易骨折。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • We needed the break in order to recharge.

    我们需要休息一下以恢复体力。

    《牛津词典》
  • Every morning I would break out in a sweat.

    每天早上我都会突然满身大汗。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • They were determined to break from precedent.

    他们决心打破先例。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • The weekend break was just the tonic I needed.

    周末休息正是我所需要的养精蓄锐的机会。

    《牛津词典》
  • A new initiative was needed to break the logjam.

    必须采取新的行动来打破僵局。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Light refreshments will be served during the break.

    中间休息时有点心供应。

    《牛津词典》
  • Who's going to break it to her?

    由谁来把这事告诉她呢?

    《牛津词典》
  • He worked on without a break.

    他毫不停歇地继续工作。

    《牛津词典》
  • She needed a break from routine.

    她需要摆脱一下刻板的生活。

    《牛津词典》
  • Police had to break up the crowd.

    警方不得不驱散人群。

    《牛津词典》
  • How did he come to break his leg?

    他怎么把腿弄断的?

    《牛津词典》
  • Woody Allen makes me just break up.

    伍迪•艾伦令我几乎笑破肚皮。

    《牛津词典》
  • It was her second break in the set.

    这是本盘比赛中她第二次接发球得分。

    《牛津词典》
  • We had a weekend break in New York.

    我们在纽约度过了一个周末假日。

    《牛津词典》
  • When do you break up for Christmas?

    你们什么时候放假过圣诞节?

    《牛津词典》
  • Can you break a twenty-dollar bill?

    可以给我找二十元的钞票吗?

    《牛津词典》
  • He won't dare to break his promise.

    他不敢食言。

    《牛津词典》
  • She worked all day without a break.

    她接连工作了一整天。

    《牛津词典》
  • Open up or we'll break the door down!

    开门!不然就砸门了!

    《牛津词典》
  • She set out to break the world record.

    她一心努力要打破世界纪录。

    《牛津词典》
  • I'm going to France for a short break.

    我打算去法国度个短假。

    《牛津词典》
  • I feel as if I should break into song.

    我感觉我似乎应该开始歌唱。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • He's put together a magnificent break.

    他总共得了很多分。

    《牛津词典》
  • It's make-or-break time for the company.

    这是公司盛衰的关键时刻。

    《牛津词典》
  • Let's take a break.

    咱们休息一会儿吧。

    《牛津词典》
  • They decided to break up the partnership.

    他们决定拆伙。

    《牛津词典》
  • The dog bit me but didn't break the skin.

    那条狗咬了我,但没咬破皮肤。

    《牛津词典》
  • I've been waiting for the weather to break.

    我一直在等待下雨。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
短语搭配
  • break through

    突破;突围;有重要创见

  • break up

    打碎,破碎;结束;解散;衰落

  • break down

    分解;发生故障;失败;毁掉;制服

  • take a break

    休息一下

  • break out

    v. 爆发;突发

  • break in

    打断;闯入;训练;使逐渐习惯

近义词
n. 休息,中断;破裂处
vt. 打破,弄破;中断;弄坏;削弱
反义词
同义词辨析

break, rest, pause, interval, recess, cease, stop

这些名词均含有\中止,停止,休息\之意。

  • break : 非正式用词,指突然的或短时间的中止,如工作或活动期间接短暂休息。

  • rest : 指统称的休息。

  • pause : 指短暂的中断或停止,含再进行下去的意味。

  • interval : 指一出戏在幕与幕之间,音乐会上下串场之间或演出中预先安排的休息;也可泛指事件之间的一段时间。

  • recess : 正式用词,指业务活动或工作中短暂的或长时间的休息。

  • cease : 正式用词,侧重逐渐结呸某活动或状态,含永远结束的意味。

  • stop : 普通用词,指迅速或突然中止某行为、活动或状态。

break, burst, crack, crush, fracture, shatter, smash

这些动词均含\打破,弄碎\之意。

  • break : 常用词,含义广泛,多指猛然用力将坚硬物打破或损坏。

  • burst : 指某物因内部外部压力过大而出现严重破裂、爆开或账破。

  • crack : 多指因长期使用或经受压力,物体表现呈现裂纹、裂口或破裂、裂开,但一般没成碎片。

  • crush : 指用力把东西压破或变形。

  • fracture : 比crack的破裂程度更深更严重,常指断裂,医学上指骨折。

  • shatter : 指破裂为许多支离破碎的碎片,多用指易碎事物。

  • smash : 指突然而猛烈地重击某物,使之破碎或完全变形。

break, destroy, ruin, wreck, damage, spoil

这些动词均有\破坏,损坏\之意。

  • break : 普通用词,指某物因被打破或撕破而受到破坏,可指有形或无形的破坏。

  • destroy : 多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏,含导致无用,不能或很难再修复的意味。

  • ruin : 多指因外部原因而受到严重破坏或毁灭,侧重破坏的彻底性,也可用于引申意义。

  • wreck : 侧重指船只、车辆、房屋等受到严重破坏或完全毁坏,也可指计划、健康受到损害。

  • damage : 多指对无生命物体的损害,造成降低价值、破坏功能等后果。

  • spoil : 强调不仅会削弱力量、精力或价值,而且会导致不可避免的毁灭。

考纲分布

6年出现 270

重要程度
  • 85%

    v 打破; 分解; 损坏

  • 7%

    n/v 休息; 假期

  • 3%

    v 违背

  • 3%

    v 猛闯; 突破

  • 1%

    v 爆发; (天气)骤变

  • 0%

    v (情绪)崩溃

  • 0%

    v/n 打断; 中止

  • 0%

    v 放弃(习惯); 改掉

考纲释义
  • v. 打破; 分解; 损坏

    真题例句:

    • It takes centuries to break down (分解).

      这需要几个世纪才能分解。

      [2020年 武汉市卷 阅读理解]
    • Break large tasks up into small ones.

      把大任务分解成小任务。

      [2020年 长沙市卷 阅读理解]
    • Either break up with her, or leave me alone.

      要么和她分手,要么离我远点。

      [2018年 山西省卷 完形填空]
  • n/v. 休息; 假期

    英文释义:

    a short period of rest

    真题例句:

    • During every break, they can watch TV or listen to music to relax.

      在每次休息期间,他们可以看电视或听音乐放松。

      [2020年 锦州市卷 书面表达]
    • Andrew didn't spend his last spring break relaxing.

      上一个春假,安德鲁没有花时间去放松。

      [2020年 连云港市卷 阅读理解]
    • They are taking a break.

      他们正在休息。

      [2019年 河北省卷 听力]
  • v. 违背

    英文释义:

    fail to keep a law, rule, or promise

    真题例句:

    • Those who break the law may not be punished.

      违法的那些人可能不会受到惩罚。

      [2020年 重庆市B卷 阅读理解]
    • Someday, you will pay 20 times the cost for breaking your promise.

      总有一天,你会为违背诺言付出20倍的代价。

      [2019年 齐齐哈尔市卷 完形填空]
    • As is known to all, anyone who breaks the rules should be punished.

      众所周知,任何违反规则的人都应该受到惩罚。

      [2019年 呼和浩特卷 选词填空]
  • v. 猛闯; 突破

    英文释义:

    go somewhere or do something by force

    真题例句:

    • These animals were able to break away from the rope whenever they wanted.

      这些动物可以随时挣脱绳子。

      [2020年 成都市B卷 短文填空]
    • After coming out of the ground, it breaks out of its old shell.

      从地里长出来之后,它破壳而出。

      [2020年 绵阳市卷 信息摘录]
    • He wanted to see if anyone was inside before he broke into the room.

      在闯入房间之前,他想看看是否有人在里面。

      [2019年 重庆市A卷 阅读理解]
  • v. 爆发; (天气)骤变

    英文释义:

    (of the weather) to change suddenly and usually become worse; (of a storm) to start suddenly

    真题例句:

    • Because the coronavirus broke out.

      因为冠状病毒爆发了。

      [2020年 南京市卷 阅读理解]
    • Wuhan was locked down as soon as the novel coronavirus broke out.

      新型冠状病毒一爆发,武汉就被封锁了。

      [2020年 南京市卷 阅读理解]
    • A large fire broke out at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.

      巴黎圣母院爆发了一场大火。

      [2019年 连云港市卷 单项填空]
  • v. (情绪)崩溃

    真题例句:

    • They easily break down when they face difficulties.

      当面对困难时,他们很容易崩溃。

      [2019年 衡阳市卷 阅读理解]
    • Why are many students so easy to break down?

      为什么很多学生这么容易崩溃?

      [2019年 衡阳市卷 阅读理解]
  • v/n. 打断; 中止

    英文释义:

    interrupt or to stop something for a short period

    真题例句:

    • Don' break Mom's rest!

      不要打断妈妈的休息!

      [2019年 重庆市A卷 完形填空]
    • Breaking a journey

      中断旅程

      [2019年 昆明市卷 阅读理解]
  • v. 放弃(习惯); 改掉

    真题例句:

    • How can you break your bad habits and develop good ones?

      你怎样才能改掉坏习惯,养成好习惯?

      [2020年 福建省卷 阅读理解]
必考短语
必考派生词
  • brokenadj. 断掉的;断裂的;断断续续的;凹凸不平的;绝望的;因失败而绝望的;终结的;破裂的;被背叛的;被违背的

  • breakern. 碎浪;浪花;破碎者;打坏者;破坏者;要求使用波道的民用波做电台使用者;霹雳舞者;废机器拆卸者;驯马者

用法讲解
  • break作名词基本义为“裂口/破裂”,那么:习惯的破裂即引申为“改变/中断”,如a break with the past 与过去告别;时间的裂缝即引申为“间歇/休息时间”,如take a break 休息一会儿。

  • break作“摔坏,跌伤”时,一般不用被动结构。正 He broke his left leg.误 His left leg was broken.

单词辨析
  • break指短暂的中止,如工作或活动期间接短暂休息。

  • rest泛指放松、休息。

  • stop普通用词,指迅速或突然中止某行为、活动或状态。

考纲分布

12年出现 13

重要程度
  • 38%

    v/n 打破; 打碎; 破裂

  • 23%

    n/v 打断; 暂停; 休息

  • 23%

    phr (break down)分解; 出故障

  • 8%

    v (情绪)崩溃

  • 8%

    n/v 机遇; 取得进展

  • 0%

    phr (break away) 挣脱; 逃脱

考纲释义
  • v/n. 打破; 打碎; 破裂

    真题例句:

    • As I swept up the mess, I wondered why we had been breaking so many things over the months.

      当我收拾残局时,我想知道为什么几个月来我们打破了这么多东西。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
    • Jeff broke two eggs into a plate and added in some milk.

      杰夫往盘子里打了两个鸡蛋,又加了一些牛奶。

      [2021年 新高考Ⅰ卷 读后续写]
    • It's not the end of the world if we break things.

      如果我们打破东西,这不是世界末日。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
  • n/v. 打断; 暂停; 休息

    真题例句:

    • We have done quite enough work for the morning; now let's take a break.

      今天早上我们已经做了足够多的工作;现在让我们休息一下。

      [2021年 天津卷 单项选择]
    • It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for temporary help during our spring break.

      碰巧的是,在我们的春假期间,市中心的工厂需要八个孩子来临时帮忙。

      [2021年 新高考Ⅰ卷 完形填空]
  • phr. (break down)分解; 出故障

    真题例句:

    • Human qualities also involve how you think, how you approach problems, and how you break them down.

      人类品质也包含你如何思考、如何处理问题,以及如何击败它们。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
    • In case the clock in her room broke down.

      以防她房间里的钟表出故障了。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
  • v. (情绪)崩溃

  • n/v. 机遇; 取得进展

    英文释义:

    an opportunity for improving a situation, especially one that happens unexpectedly

    真题例句:

    • That season, I broke all of Miller's records while he watched the home games from the bench.

      那个赛季,我打破了米勒所有的记录,而他在替补席上观看了主场比赛。

      [2016年 全国卷3 完形填空]
  • phr. (break away) 挣脱; 逃脱

必考短语
必考派生词
  • brokenadj. 断掉的;断裂的;断断续续的;凹凸不平的;绝望的;因失败而绝望的;终结的;破裂的;被背叛的;被违背的

真题例句
  • Approaching the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文
  • As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team's findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills.

    2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Breaking up firms like Google into five small ones would not stop remaking themselves: in time, one of them would become great again.

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting.

    2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Code breaking never lags (落后) far behind code making.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened (蔓上成熟的) promise, I've refused to buy winter tomatoes for years.

    2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • For previous generations, college was decisive break from parental control; guidance and support needed help from people of the same age and from within.

    2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • He broke down as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 完形填空 原文
  • He couldn't return it when it was broken.

    2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 选项
  • Her friends came to help her when the war broke out.

    2017年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文
  • Hi, what will you do with your broken cellphone?

    2017年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文
  • I was now fascinated by the idea of poetry, words that had the power to make or break a person's world.

    2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • It is very hard to break a code without the code book.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 选项
  • It should be during the lunch break.

    2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文
  • It was built incorrectly and broke in the kiln.

    2015年高考英语湖南卷 答案 选项
  • Jennifer Debruyn, a microbiologist at the university of tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene.

    2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Joe fell and broke his leg.

    2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文
  • Norton sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning.

    2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文
  • Oh my! My car broke down, and I have to meet my aunt at the railway station before noon.

    2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文
  • On the surface it seems as ridiculous as following the directions on soup mixes, but the lucky-break wait well serves those who are willing to do it.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • One can never be sure that it is not on the point of breaking out into action only sure that it will do so sometime.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • One of the projects was to build a clay pot, but I built mine incorrectly, so it broke in the kiln.

    2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文
  • Our class needs to go to the computer room during the morning break on the 18th.

    2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文
  • Perhaps the most powerful type of waiting is the lucky-break wait.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Recent studies show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks regularly.

    2016年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
  • Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

    2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Researchers in spain and england recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics.

    2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Russia is another country with population problems that could break its economic promise.

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • See, your computer has broken down again! It doesn't make sense to buy the cheapest brand of computer just to save a few dollars.

    2015年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文
  • She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks.

    2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • Since that first repair job, a broken air-conditioner, a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been fixed.

    2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • So, if we have this capability but somehow life seems to keep us stuck, how do we break these patterns?

    2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Stop people from breaking traffic rules.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
  • Such situations have led to calls for the tech giants to be broken up.

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • That season, I broke all of Miller's records while he watched the home games from the bench.

    2016年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文
  • The bus hit a lamp post and it broke the glass on the front door before Harvold managed to bring the bus to a stop.

    2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 完形填空 原文
  • The meetings will start at 10:00 am, and end at 3:00 pm, with a short lunch break.

    2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文
  • The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it.

    2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Then she easily broke it into two pieces.

    2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • They rose in the ranks not by being friendly but by smoking cigarettes, breaking rules and playing jokes on others, among whom I soon found myself.

    2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Unlike the forced wait, which is also voluntary, waiting for your lucky break does not necessarily mean that it will happen.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough to cool the house during the hot day; at the same time, they warm up again for the night.

    2015年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
  • When some refuse vaccination and seek a free ride, immunity breaks down and everyone is in even bigger danger.

    2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • When the container is full, you can suck the refreshment out through the tube, and won't have to break down the still every time you need a drink.

    2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • You start with English as usual, then business studies and after the break, history and art.

    2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文
考纲分布

12年出现 52

重要程度
  • 42%

    v 打破; 分解; 损坏

  • 17%

    n/v 休息; 假期

  • 17%

    v 猛闯; 突破

  • 12%

    v 打断; 中止

  • 8%

    n 裂缝; 裂口

  • 2%

    v/n 终结

  • 2%

    v (情绪)崩溃

  • 0%

    n/v 机遇; 取得进展; 成功

考纲释义
  • v. 打破; 分解; 损坏

    真题例句:

    • The businessmen say that on Earth, beans can easily break apart and get burned in the roaster.

      商人说,在地球上,豆子很容易碾碎并被烘烤机烤焦。

      [2021年 CET4 听力]
    • They break up nature's food supply chain.

      他们破坏了大自然的食物供应链。

      [2021年 CET4 听力]
    • In the past we had to have a taste trade-off. But we're breaking that trade-off.

      在过去,我们不得不在口味上进行权衡。但是我们现在正在打破这一点。

      [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
  • n/v. 休息; 假期

    英文释义:

    a short period of rest

    真题例句:

    • If older children have more than an hour of homework, encourage them to schedule a short break to stretch.

      如果大一点的孩子有超过一个小时的作业,鼓励他们安排一个短暂的休息时间来伸展身体。

      [2021年 CET4 听力]
    • If you're like most people, you end up buying the large (and taking a bathroom break midshow) .

      如果您像大多数人一样,您最终会购买大号的(并在演出中途上个厕所)。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
    • You'd want to start working with the sunrise, have a break to have the largest meal, and then you'd go back to work.

      你会想从大清早开始工作,中午休息吃一顿丰盛的午饭,然后继续工作。

      [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]
  • v. 猛闯; 突破

    英文释义:

    go somewhere or do something by force

    真题例句:

    • Robots are breaking free from the cages that surround them, learning new skills and new ways of working.

      机器人正在挣脱它们的牢笼,学习新的技能和新的工作方式。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解A]
  • v. 打断; 中止

    英文释义:

    interrupt or to stop something for a short period

  • n. 裂缝; 裂口

    英文释义:

    a place where something has broken

  • v/n. 终结

    英文释义:

    come to an end

  • v. (情绪)崩溃

  • n/v. 机遇; 取得进展; 成功

    英文释义:

    an opportunity for improving a situation; especially one that happens unexpectedly

必考短语
必考派生词
  • brokenadj. 断掉的;断裂的;断断续续的;凹凸不平的;绝望的;因失败而绝望的;终结的;破裂的;被背叛的;被违背的

用法讲解
  • break作“摔坏,跌伤”时,一般不用被动结构。正 He broke his left leg.误 His left leg was broken.

  • break作名词基本义为“裂口/破裂”,那么:习惯的破裂即引申为“改变/中断”,如a break with the past 与过去告别;时间的裂缝即引申为“间歇/休息时间”,如take a break 休息一会儿。

单词辨析
  • break常用词,含义广泛,多指猛然用力将坚硬物打破或损坏。

  • burst指某物因内部外部压力过大而出现严重破裂、爆开或账破。

  • crack多指因长期使用或经受压力,物体表现呈现裂纹、裂口或破裂、裂开,但一般没成碎片。

  • crash摔坏,坠毁。如:The plane crashed shortly after the take-off.(飞机起飞不久就坠毁了。)

  • crush指用力把东西压破或变形。

  • fracturefracture 比 crack 的破裂程度更深更严重,常指断裂,医学上指骨折。

  • break非正式用词,指突然的或短时间的中止,如工作或活动期间接短暂休息。

  • cease正式用词,侧重逐渐结束某活动或状态,含永远结束的意味。

  • interval指一出戏在幕与幕之间,音乐会上下串场之间或演出中预先安排的休息; 也可泛指事件之间的一段时间。

真题例句
  • They break routines, because autopilot is death.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • I've broken eggs at every stage of the process—from the very beginning to the very, very end.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • I felt empowered because I broke through my own limitations, she recalls.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do sufficient testing and they've produced a system that will break some kind of taboo ( ' , 禁忌 ).

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Social order is breaking down in many countries because of food shortages.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we're adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • In spite of such temporary measures, soaring food prices and spreading hunger in many other countries are beginning to break down the social order.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • In agrarian ( ' , 农业的 ), pre-industrial Europe, you'd want to wake up early, start working with the sunrise, have a break to have the largest meal, and then you'd go back to work, says Ken Albala, a professor of history at the University of the Pacific.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • If the food situation continues to worsen, entire nations will break down at an ever increasing rate.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The most likely type of burglary ( ' , 入室盗窃) by far is the unsophisticated crime of opportunity, usually involving a broken window or some forced entry.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • That means defeating the lock somehow, or breaking a window.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Some began to stop taking bathroom breaks, worried that if their productivity fell they would be fired.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Presumably, you keep your doors locked at night and while you're away, so the thief will still need to break in.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • He'll need to be jamming you at this point, as a broken window or opened door would normally release the alarm.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Break the tension with smiles and humor to reinforce the idea that this is friendly discourse and that all are working toward a common goal.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down.

    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
  • Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography, its corporate(企业的) culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • The traditional textbook model is and has been broken for quite some time.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • Thanks to men like Curtice, the bonds of scarcity had been broken and America was rolling to an all-time high of prosperity

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • Tax breaks bring the cost down, especially in California, but in many states ZEHs can be prohibitively expensive.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • So it's only when the economy is healthy again that we'll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.

    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • On the other hand,there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lights or writing on walls.

    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • In fact, when you break a role or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over.

    出自-2011年12月阅读原文
  • so that we don't break any rules

    出自-2011年12月阅读原文
  • psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping efficiently straight through the night.

    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes, said one Penn resident advisor (RA).

    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • the consequence of a broken marriage

    出自-2010年12月阅读原文
  • Five ways to find harmony with the natural world Walk: Break the rhythm of permanently being under a roof

    出自-2010年12月阅读原文
  • If it's a loss [where] you're not getting to work, and family relationships are breaking down as a result, then it's too much

    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken biscuits which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much loved dog.

    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • Social divisions will break down if people get to know each other

    出自-2012年6月听力原文
  • I wonder if I broke something.

    出自-2010年12月听力原文
  • Imagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law, and the judge put the whole neighborhood under suspicion

    出自-2010年12月听力原文
  • Break the tension with smiles and humor to reinforce the idea that this is friendly discourse and that all are working toward a common goal.

    2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • But she has to make the prison break in her own car.

    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • In agrarian, pre-industrial Europe, you'd want to wake up early, start working with the sunrise, have a break to have the largest meal, and then you'd go back to work, says Ken Albala, a professor of history at the University of the Pacific.

    2016年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Often, people break laws simply because the laws are there.

    2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
  • The animal made it to the roof of the building, after it took a long break on a 17th floor window edge.

    2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
  • The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do sufficient testing and they've produced a system that will break some kind of taboo.

    2016年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg with a blow of the wing.

    2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
  • When the body realizes the muscles are hurt, the response is to increase blood flow to the area and increase body heat, damaged cells are then cleaned up and the body sends cells specially designed to break down the large muscle fiber fragments.

    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
考纲分布

12年出现 52

重要程度
  • 54%

    v 打破; 分解; 损坏

  • 31%

    n/v 休息; 假期

  • 8%

    v 猛闯; 突破

  • 4%

    v/n 骨折; 弄折(骨头)

  • 2%

    v 违背

  • 2%

    n/v 机遇; 取得进展; 成功

  • 0%

    v 打断; 中止

  • 0%

    v (情绪)崩溃

  • 0%

    v/n 终结

  • 0%

    v (风暴)突起; (天气)骤变

考纲释义
  • v. 打破; 分解; 损坏

    真题例句:

    • The warranty ran out three days before I broke it.

      保修期过了三天,我就把它弄坏了。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • They can break conventions.

      他们可以打破常规。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • However, after a lifetime of moving within the circles of power, he was unable to break with authority.

      然而,在权力圈子里生活了一辈子后,他无法与权力分开。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解]
  • n/v. 休息; 假期

    英文释义:

    a short period of rest

    真题例句:

    • And all my essays are in there, and I need to hand them in before we break for the Christmas holidays.

      我所有的论文都在里面,我得在圣诞节放假前交上去。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
  • v. 猛闯; 突破

    英文释义:

    go somewhere or do something by force

  • v/n. 骨折; 弄折(骨头)

    真题例句:

    • He broke his wrist.

      他摔断了手腕。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • I basically thought I broke my wrist, although, thankfully, it's not broken.

      我以为我的手腕断了,不过谢天谢地,并没有断。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
  • v. 违背

    英文释义:

    fail to keep a law, rule, or promise

  • n/v. 机遇; 取得进展; 成功

    英文释义:

    an opportunity for improving a situation, especially one that happens unexpectedly

  • v. 打断; 中止

    英文释义:

    interrupt or to stop something for a short period

  • v. (情绪)崩溃

  • v/n. 终结

    英文释义:

    come to an end

  • v. (风暴)突起; (天气)骤变

    英文释义:

    (of the weather) to change suddenly and usually become worse; (of a storm) to start suddenly

必考短语
  • break through

    突破;冲破;取得成就

  • break down

    关系破裂;出故障;分解;精神崩溃

  • break away

    挣脱;脱落;摆脱(某人、组织或习俗的)控制;领先

  • break out

    突然爆发;突然发作;一名犯人越狱了

  • break up

    分散;分裂;瓦解;结束;解散;开始放假;分手;被干扰中断;爆发大笑;变得心烦

  • break in

    强行闯入;打断谈话;插嘴

  • break off

    突然停顿;突然中断

  • break with

    与...关系破裂;打破常规

必考派生词
  • brokenadj. 断掉的;断裂的;断断续续的;凹凸不平的;绝望的;因失败而绝望的;终结的;破裂的;被背叛的;被违背的

  • breakableadj. 能破解的;会破的;易碎的

用法讲解
  • break作名词基本义为“裂口/破裂”,那么: 习惯的破裂即引申为“改变/中断”,如a break with the past 与过去告别; 时间的裂缝即引申为“间歇/休息时间”,如take a break 休息一会儿。

  • break作“摔坏,跌伤”时,一般不用被动结构。 正 He broke his left leg. 误 His left leg was broken.

单词辨析
  • break常用词, 含义广泛, 多指猛然用力将坚硬物打破或损坏。

  • burst指某物因内部外部压力过大而出现严重破裂、爆开或账破。

  • crack多指因长期使用或经受压力, 物体表现呈现裂纹、裂口或破裂、裂开, 但一般没成碎片。

  • crash摔坏, 坠毁。如:The plane crashed shortly after the take-off.(飞机起飞不久就坠毁了。)

  • crush指用力把东西压破或变形。

  • fracturefracture 比 crack 的破裂程度更深更严重, 常指断裂, 医学上指骨折。

  • break非正式用词, 指突然的或短时间的中止, 如工作或活动期间接短暂休息。

  • cease正式用词, 侧重逐渐结束某活动或状态, 含永远结束的意味。

  • interval指一出戏在幕与幕之间, 音乐会上下串场之间或演出中预先安排的休息; 也可泛指事件之间的一段时间。

真题例句
  • The challenge is if certain types of people are doing something, it's difficult for other people to break into it, said Po-Shen Loh, the head coach of last year's winning U.S.Math Olympiad team.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The large base he leads resembles a snowed-in college campus on holiday break, with the capacity to sleep more than 10 times the 13 people who were staying on through the Antarctic winter.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Now what’s interesting about the theory is what do you have if you only have one out of three or two out of three? What do you have and how is it different if you have a different two out of three? What’s interesting about this kind of theorizing is it gives rise to many different combinations that can be quite interesting when you break them down and start to look at them carefully.

    出自-2016年12月听力原文
  • We break our promise not to fly after hearing about a neighbour's trip to India.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Other initiatives fail to break down the data, too.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • So why are American women so far ahead of their Swedish counterparts in breaking through the glass ceiling?

    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
  • As for breaking through the glass ceiling in business,American women are well in the lead

    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
  • Meanwhile, tax breaks for children are modest.

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • Thirst grows for living unplugged More people are taking breaks from the connected life amid the stillness and quiet of retreats like the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania

    出自-2012年12月阅读原文
  • It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved.

    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • Only four out of the 54 people interviewed had completely broken with their sisters and brothers and only one of the four felt comfortable with the break.

    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • I have to get to Manchester today and my own car has broken down.

    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • Only four out of the 54 people interviewed had completely broken with their sisters and brothers and only one of the four felt comfortable with the break

    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • Most of them had broken with their sisters and brothers.

    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • We can break the mountains apart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys.

    出自-2013年12月听力原文
  • He cannot afford to have a coffee break.

    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • People from broken homes and North American Indians are two examples.

    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • People from broken homes often lack stable lives

    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • That same study found that randomly assigned interracial roommates at Ohio State broke up before the end of the quarter about twice as often as same-race roommates.

    出自-2012年6月听力原文
  • They broke up more often than same-race roommates

    出自-2012年6月听力原文
  • Unlike floating ice shelves which have little impact on sea level when they break up, the ice sheet is anchored to bedrock will blow the sea surface.

    出自-2010年12月听力原文
  • The handle of the suitcase is broken.

    出自-2010年12月听力原文
  • It will have little impact on sea level when it breaks up.

    出自-2010年12月听力原文
  • And to get at the contents of a single iPhone, the government says it needs a court order and Apple's help to write new code; in earlier versions of the iPhone, ones that were created before Apple found religion on 热衷于 privacy, the Fbi might have been abl

    2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • At around age 60, \muscles really start to break down,\ says Kathryn Starr, an aging researcher, \and because of that, the protein needs of an older adult actually increase.

    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • If after work you lie around on your bed and get irritated by political commentary on your phone or get stressed thinking about decisions about how to renovate your home, your brain has not received a break from high mental arousal states.

    2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • I'll start with a brief review of the reasons for the change that we really need to make a clean break to restart growth.

    2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
  • In addition, you can take a cognitive break every 90 minutes to charge your batteries.

    2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • The message to young people who might not otherwise be able to afford to break into the business is, \You can purchase this $3 million piece of land here, because I'm guaranteeing you today you'll have 1, 000 Bison on it.\

    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • We break our promise not to fly after hearing about a neighbor's trip to India.

    2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
考纲分布

18年出现 33

重要程度
  • 18%

    v/n 暂停; 间歇; 休息

  • 12%

    v/n 终止; 破坏

  • 12%

    v 破译; 破解

  • 6%

    v/n (使)破; 碎; 裂

  • 6%

    vphr (break through)冲破; 突破

  • 6%

    vphr (break down)分解; 分类

  • 3%

    vphr (break up)拆开; 打散

  • 3%

    v/n (露出)缝隙

  • 3%

    v 违反

  • 3%

    v/n (天气)骤变

  • 3%

    v 压垮; 摧毁

  • 3%

    v/n 打断; 中断

  • 3%

    v 透露; 公布

  • 3%

    n 短假

  • 3%

    v/n (天)破晓

  • 3%

    n 机会; 机遇

  • 3%

    v 兑开(纸币)

  • 3%

    v 弄坏; 损坏

  • 3%

    v 逃脱; 挣脱

  • 0%

    v (嗓音)变调

  • 0%

    v 打破(纪录)

  • 0%

    v 拍岸; 迸溅

  • 0%

    v 断绝(关系)

考纲释义
  • v/n. 暂停; 间歇; 休息

    真题例句:

    • Use your lunch and coffee breaks to meet up with colleagues you don't always see.

      利用你的午餐和工间喝咖啡休息时间与你不常见到的同事见面。

      [2020年 英语二 阅读理解B]
    • This will help to grow your internal network, in addition to being a nice break in the work day.

      这将有助于发展你的内部关系网,除此之外,也是一个不错的工作日休息时间。

      [2020年 英语二 阅读理解B]
    • It gives parents time to have a shower, do housework or simply have a break from their child.

      它(小孩子使用电子设备)让父母有时间洗澡、做家务或暂时离开孩子休息一下。

      [2017年 英语二 阅读理解A]
  • v/n. 终止; 破坏

    真题例句:

    • These social assistance programs are designed to reduce inequality and break the cycle of poverty.

      这些社会援助计划旨在减少不平等,并打破贫困循环。

      [2021年 英语一 阅读理解A]
    • Facebook broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through.

      几乎交易一完成,Facebook(脸书)就违背了诺言。

      [2018年 英语二 阅读理解A]
    • Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity.

      在他晚期的作品中,我有时会感受到一种想要打破所有连续性迹象的意愿。

      [2014年 英语一 翻译]
  • v. 破译; 破解

    真题例句:

    • The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes - Mark Urban

      破解拿破仑密码的人——马克·厄本

      [2022年 英语一 翻译]
    • This story was as exciting and significant as that of Enigma and the breaking of German codes in the Second World War.

      这个故事就像《谜》和第二次世界大战中破译德国密码一样激动人心,意义重大。

      [2022年 英语一 翻译]
    • It was also a battle between those who made codes and those who broke them.

      这也是一场密码制定者和破译者之间的斗争。

      [2022年 英语一 翻译]
  • v/n. (使)破; 碎; 裂

  • vphr. (break through)冲破; 突破

    真题例句:

    • When women do break through to the summit of corporate power, they attract massive attention.

      当女性真的有所突破,进入到企业权利的高层时,她们会引起非常大的关注。

      [2013年 英语二 阅读理解A]
    • They open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling.

      它们(这种做法)开辟了通往平等的道路,打破了玻璃天花板。

      [2013年 英语二 阅读理解A]
  • vphr. (break down)分解; 分类

    真题例句:

    • Water bottles, and other trash litter the planet, because plastics are everywhere and don't break down easily.

      水瓶和其他垃圾遍布地球,因为塑料无处不在,而且不容易分解。

      [2022年 英语一 阅读理解A]
    • Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal.

      将问题分解成小块,并用代码来解决它们变得很正常。

      [2016年 英语二 阅读理解A]
  • vphr. (break up)拆开; 打散

    真题例句:

    • It's like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.

      这就像老师会把后排爱惹麻烦的学生与表现更好的同学结对,以把捣乱分子们分开一样。

      [2012年 英语一 阅读理解A]
  • v/n. (露出)缝隙

    真题例句:

    • Head toward these breaks to find a way out.

      前往这些缺口寻找出路。

      [2019年 英语一 完型填空]
  • v. 违反

    英文释义:

    fail to keep a law, rule, or promise

  • v/n. (天气)骤变

    英文释义:

    (of the weather) to change suddenly and usually become worse

  • v. 压垮; 摧毁

  • v/n. 打断; 中断

    英文释义:

    interrupt or to stop something for a short period; to make sth end

  • v. 透露; 公布

    英文释义:

    become known or to make something become known

  • n. 短假

  • v/n. (天)破晓

  • n. 机会; 机遇

  • v. 兑开(纸币)

  • v. 弄坏; 损坏

  • v. 逃脱; 挣脱

  • v. (嗓音)变调

    英文释义:

    if sb's voice breaks, it changes its tone because of emotion

  • v. 打破(纪录)

  • v. 拍岸; 迸溅

  • v. 断绝(关系)

必考短语
  • break through

    突破;冲破;取得成就

  • break down

    停止运转;出故障

  • break up

    瓦解;结束;解散;开始放假;分手;被干扰中断;爆发大笑;变得心烦

必考派生词
  • brokenadj. 断掉的;断裂的;断断续续的;凹凸不平的;绝望的;因失败而绝望的;终结的;破裂的;被背叛的;被违背的

单词辨析
  • break“断裂”,常指完整的东西被打破了或断裂了。

  • crack“爆裂、破装”,常用于硬的、易碎的或空心的东西,常伴有突然的、利耳的声音。

  • snap“突然折断”,指迅速地、干脆利落地折断,尤指折断脆弱或者易损坏的东西,常伴有刺耳的声音。

  • split意为“裂开”,常指服装、木材等裂开。

真题例句
  • It’s like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.

    出自-2012年考研阅读原文
  • Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity.

    出自-2014年考研翻译原文
  • We don’t have to learn how to be mentally healthy ;it it built into us that our bodies know how to heal a cut or mend a broken bone.

    出自-2016年考研翻译原文
  • Quotas get action: they \open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling, \ according to Reding, a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.

    2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • This will help to grow your internal network, in addition to being a nice break in the work day.

    2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • Tronick believes that just because a child isn't learning from the screen doesn't mean there's no value to it -- particularly if it gives parents time to have a shower, do housework or simply have a break from their child.

    2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • When women do break through to the summit of corporate power—as, for example, Sheryl Sandberg recently did at Facebook—they attract massive attention precisely because they remain the exception to the rule.

    2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
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