v.  使破裂，使破碎；使断裂

v.  使骨折

v.  弄坏，损坏〔机器〕

v.  不遵守，违犯

v.  违反，违背〔诺言或协议〕

v.  稍停，休息

v.  打断，中断

v.  摧毁，瓦解〔组织〕

v.  打垮，击垮

n.  休息

n.  中断，暂停

• break down  停止运转，出故障；失败

• break in  闯入〔行窃〕；插话，打断谈话

• break an agreement/contract  违约

• break a habit  改掉某习惯〔尤指坏习惯〕

• break a record  破记录

• break the silence  打破寂静[沉默]

• break the ice  打破冷场[僵局]

• 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). 打破某种禁忌

• 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. 饮食习惯就很难改变

• Often people break laws simply because the laws are there. 违法

• If the food situation continues to worsen, entire nations will break down at an ever increasing rate. 整个国家解体

• In spite of such temporary measures, soaring food prices and spreading hunger in many other countries are beginning to break down the social order. 破坏社会秩序

• 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. 休息

• Presumably, you keep your doors locked at night and while you're away, so the thief will still need to break in. 破门而入

• They could break people's legs. 使腿骨折

• They break routines, because “autopilot is death”. 打破常规

• To break the trade-off in its product design.

• The company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are only about a quarter of an inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery. 损坏路面

• At times, these breaks and transitions will be self-determined, at others they will be forced as existing roles, firms, or industries cease to exist. 暂停或过渡期

• Some began to stop taking bathroom breaks, worried that if their productivity fell they would be fired. 上个厕所的休息时间

• The TV station reported that by completing the swim, the fourth-grade student from Los Banos broke a record previously held by a 10-year old boy. 打破记录

• The frames are made of plastic and they tend to break quite easily.

  这些框架是塑料做的，很容易碎裂。

• I never break my promises. 我从不食言。

• You betrayed me. You broke your word.

  你出卖了我，你说话不算数。

• New talks will begin on Monday in an effort to break the deadlock.

  为打破僵局，星期一将重启会谈。