- (机器等)发生故障,失灵,失效,出毛病,坏掉,损坏:
The car broke down
汽车坏了。
- 坍塌;崩溃,瓦解:
The bridge broke down in last earthquake.
那座桥在上次地震中坍塌了。
- .中断,中止,停顿,破裂:
Talks have broken down over the disputed territory.
对有争议的领土问题的谈判破裂了 。
- (使)感情上失去控制,不能抑制感情,放声痛哭起来,情不自禁地痛哭起来:
She broke down and wept at the sad news.
她控制不住感情,为此噩耗而哭泣。
to break down in tears
放声哭
- (在健康或精神等方面)(使)垮掉,垮下来,(健康等)变得衰弱,衰弱下来,(由于过度忧愁或工作而)精神不支,(体力、精神)支持不住:
His health has broken down because of working too hard.
他因工作过度劳累,身体垮下来了。
- 制服,克服;镇压,压倒(对方等);(使)减轻,(使)缓和:
Some people experience shyness as a barrier to communication, but this can be broken down gradually.
有些人觉得羞怯成为交际上的障碍,但这是可以逐渐克服的 。
- 分成若干部分;把(化合物等)分解;把(机器等)拆散,拆开(以便贮藏或运输):
to break down a beef carcass into basis cuts
把牛肉畜体分切成几大块
to break down a substance into its components
把某种物质分解成各种成分
- 把(成本、总数等)分成细目;把(统计资料)分类;分析,对…分类;可被分析,可分类:
to break down a hotel bill into daily charges
把旅馆账单归入日常费用类
- 打破,破除;毁掉;拆除,拆毁,摧毁,捣毁;破坏;使无效:
I had to break the door down because I lost the key.
因我丢了钥匙,不得不把门打破。
- 彻底失败,不成功
- 证明…不可信,驳斥
- 使(橡胶)软化;冲淡…的浓度
- 【电子学】(电路、电子管等)绝缘击穿
- 把(原木)切小以便在锯床上锯;把(原木)锯成四角木材
- 因事故把(锯床或机器)停下来