Civil war could come if the country breaks up. [VERB PREP.]

如果国家分裂就会爆发内战。

There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely. [VERB PREP.]

这艘船有彻底解体的危险。

Break up the chocolate and melt it. [VERB PREP. noun]

把巧克力弄碎，使其熔化。

He broke the bread up into chunks and gave Meer a big one. [V n P + into]

他把面包掰成数块，给了米尔一块大的。

Tanks are strongly built. It is a complicated and difficult process to break them up. [VERB noun PREP.]

坦克造得都很坚固，拆卸过程复杂而艰难。

My girlfriend had broken up with me. [VERB PREP. + with]

我的女朋友已跟我分手了。

He felt appalled by the whole idea of marriage so we broke up. [VERB PREP.]

他被结婚的想法吓住了，因此我们分了手。

MPs say they work too hard and that is why so many of their marriages break up. [VERB PREP.]

国会议员们声称他们工作过于辛劳，因而导致他们当中很多人婚姻破裂。

Fred has given me no good reason for wanting to break up our marriage. [VERB PREP. noun]

弗雷德没能给我一个想要结束我们婚姻的正当理由。

A neighbour asked for the music to be turned down and the party broke up. [VERB PREP.]

因为一个邻居要求把音乐音量调低，聚会便散了。

Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration. [VERB PREP. noun]

警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。

He charged into the crowd. 'Break it up,' he shouted. [VERB noun PREP.]

他冲进人群，大喊道：“散开。”

It's the last week before they break up, and they're doing all kinds of Christmas things. [VERB PREP.]

这是放假前的最后一周，他们正在为圣诞节作各种准备。

The line's gone; I think you're breaking up. [VERB PREP.]

掉线了；我听不清你说什么。

Kindness breaks me up; it makes me cry. [VERB noun PREP.]

这关爱使我不能自制，令我失声痛哭。

Since the break-up of his marriage he had not formed any new relationships.

他婚姻破裂后没有谈新朋友。

...the acrimonious break-up of the meeting's first session. [+ of]

在争吵中结束的第一次会议

...a marital break-up.

婚姻破裂

...the break-up of British Rail for privatisation. [+ of]

在私有化过程中英国铁路公司的解体

At no time did a majority of Czechoslavakia's citizens support the country's break-up.

大多数捷克斯洛伐克公民一直反对国家分裂。