Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations.

英国威胁说要断绝外交关系。

Pearl, who had enough shadow in her own little life, chose to break off all acquaintance with this repining brook.

在她小小的生命中已经有了太多的阴影的珠儿，便放弃了这条如泣如诉的小溪，不再和它交往。

My theory is that if one is doing it, all do it until the first one has the courage to break off—it's peer pressure.

我的理论是，如果有人开始做这类节目，其他人也都会做下去，直到第一个人有勇气挣脱为止——这是同行压力。

The forward movement, the melting at the base of the glacier where it meets the ocean, and waves and tidal action cause blocks of ice to break off and float out to sea.

冰川的向前移动，其底部与海洋接触处的融化，还有波浪和潮汐运动，导致冰块断裂，漂浮到海上。

Let's break off for lunch.

我们暂停工作去吃午饭吧。

You'd better break off with him.

你最好与他一刀两断。

Why did you break off our relationship, Jason?

为什么你断了我们的关系，杰森？

Your hair has started to break off at the scalp.

你开始掉头发。

Instead, learn to break off small chunks and work in bursts.

相反的，开始脱离小块的而在爆发中工作。

What if I break off this relationship and end up alone forever?

万一我割断这份关系永远孤孤单单怎么办？

Can we break off our discussion and have some tea or coffee, please?

请问我们是否可以暂停讨论，喝点茶或者咖啡？

Eventually the ice will break off at the crack forming a new iceberg.

最终冰川会沿着裂缝断开形成一座新的冰山，这样的事情属于正常现象。

They went so far as to break off a fruitful discussion on this crucial question.

他们竟然中断了对这个重要问题进行的富有成效的讨论。

One by one, the boats break off to settle by withies that mark the pearl-oyster beds.

一艘接着一艘，船队用绳条系好，在有珍珠牡蛎的海床边停靠。

I suggested that she break off two or three bananas from the bunch and just buy those.

我建议说她可以从一把上切下来两三个，只买那些就可以了。

Break Off a Piece - For really large projects, it can help to attack a smaller subset of the work.

把一件事情分开来做——对于真正巨大的项目，把工作分成小部分开始做是有帮助的。

Break off pieces of the red thread and tie a randomly chosen pair of buttons together by the thread.

用一段一段的红色的线段，把随机选择的钮扣，一对一对地连在一起。

Poutini remains hidden, but pieces break off in streams, providing the Maori with precious greenstone.

普提尼宝石仍然未知所踪，但其中破裂的碎片顺流而下，给毛利人带来了珍贵的绿玉石。

Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about awhile, and finally melt.

冰山是冰川的一部分，从冰川断裂漂流进水中，一段时间后融化。

If you can answer me one question, I will break off the engagement and remain single for the rest of my life.

如果你能回答我一个问题，我将取消婚约，并且余生都不再娶。

More than once, Mr Osborne had to break off his speech whilst John Bercow, the Speaker, shushed shouting MPs.

再一次，奥斯本先生不得不中断演讲，而议长约翰·伯考（John Bercow）则示意吵闹的议员们安静。

He said this was Ankara's final word and that unless the violence ceased, Turkey would break off all dialogue.

他说，这是安卡拉的最后立场，除非暴力停止，否则土耳其将停止一切对话。

But that, Mr Gates complained, is "old news", and a silly reason to break off ties between the two armed forces.

但盖茨先生抱怨说，那是“旧闻”了，为此断绝两军交往是荒唐的。

Pieces of glacier that break off become mixed with thin sea ice in a jumble of ice fragments on the fjord's surface.

脱落的冰川碎块与峡湾表面混乱的碎海冰融合在一起。

My theory is that if one is doing it, all do it until the first one has the courage to break off; it's peer pressure.

我的理论是，如果有人开始做这类节目，其他人也都会做下去，知道当中有人鼓起勇气放弃：这是同行压力。

Icebergs are large pieces of freshwater ice that break off snow-formed ice shelves or glaciers and float in open water.

冰山是由雪形成的冰架或冰川断裂而成，主要由淡水冰组成，一般漂浮在开阔海域。

So Pearl, who had enough of shadow in her own little life, chose to break off all acquaintance with this repining brook.

于是，在她小小的生命中已经有了太多的阴影的珠儿，便放弃了这条如泣如诉的小溪，不再和它交往。

As more ice flows toward the water, the tongue grows longer. Eventually, a piece will break off, forming a large iceberg.

因为有更多的冰滑向海洋，冰川突出的部分越来越长，并最终断裂，形成巨大的冰川。

The February 2011 earthquake provided the final pulse of energy to calve off ice than had been about to break off anyway.

2011年2月这次地震的发生，是这处于消融中的冰川最终走向崩解的一个转折。