n.  违背，违反

n. 〔关系的〕破裂，中断

n. 〔防护墙上的〕缺口，破洞

v.  违背，违反〔法律、规定、协议〕≈ break

v.  攻破，在…上造成缺口

• a breach of professional duty  失职

• breach of confidence/trust  泄密/失信

• breach of security  破坏安全

• breach of the peace  扰乱治安（罪）

• step into the breach  代理别人的工作

• breach of contract  违约；违反合同

• security breach  安全漏洞

• They sued the company for breach of contract. 他们起诉这家公司违反合同。

• The company accused him of breaching his contract. 公司控告他违反合同。

• He was clearly in breach of the law.

  他明显违反了法律。

• She wanted to help heal the breach between them. 她想帮助他们修复破裂的关系。

• What had caused the sudden breach between Henry and his son?

  是什么事情让亨利和他儿子突然闹翻的？

• We regard the publication of this information as a serious breach of trust.

  我们认为公开这一信息就是严重的失信。

• Thanks for stepping into the breach last week. 谢谢你上个星期代理我的工作。

• The storm had breached the sea wall in two places. 风暴在海堤上造成两处缺口。

BrE /briːtʃ/

NAmE /briːtʃ/