v.  打烂，打碎，弄坏

v. 〔以某罪名〕逮捕；起诉；突击搜查

v.  贬降…的军阶；使降职

n. 〔女子的〕胸围

n.  突击搜捕，突击搜查

n.  经济萧条

a.  破产的

a.  破的，坏的

• bust out  逃跑；〔尤指〕越狱

• bust up  〔关系〕破裂，闹翻；阻止〔非法活动或恶劣形势继续下去〕；大笑起来

• bust a gut  拼足老命，竭尽全力

• crime-busting laws  打击犯罪的法律

• go bust  生意失败，破产，倒闭

• Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery. 急速繁荣却迅速衰落

• The dot.com bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, conventional retailers’ confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales. 经济萧条

• I bust my watch this morning.

  今天早上我把手表摔坏了。

• Davis got busted for drugs.

  戴维斯因涉毒被起诉。

• Federal agents busted several money-exchange businesses.

  联邦探员突击搜查了几家货币汇兑店。

• I bust a gut trying to finish that work on time. 我拼着老命想按时完成那项工作。

• They bust up after six years of marriage.

  他们结婚六年后离异了。

• A couple of teachers stepped in to bust up the fight. 有几个老师前去劝架。

• Elaine busted up laughing at the sight of him. 伊莱恩一见到他就笑个没完。

BrE /bʌst/

NAmE /bʌst/