4VERB 突破;攻破;给…造成缺口 If someone or something breaches a barrier, they make an opening in it, usually leaving it weakened or destroyed. 突破;攻破;给…造成缺口 [formal]
The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave. [VERB noun]
石灰岩上有许多缝隙,故而树根能从岩洞顶部长出来。
Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze. [VERB noun]
5VERB 突破,攻破(防卫) If you breach someone's security or their defences, you manage to get through and attack an area that is heavily guarded and protected. 突破,攻破(防卫)
The bomber had breached security by hurling his dynamite from a roof overlooking the building. [VERB noun]
这名爆炸手从一个俯瞰这座大楼的楼顶上投下炸药,破坏了安保系统。
Breach is also a noun.
...widespread breaches of security at Ministry of Defence bases.
国防部各基地普遍存在的安全系统遭到攻破的现象
6PHRASE 临时代替;临时顶替 If you step into the breach, you do a job or task which someone else was supposed to do or has done in the past, because they are suddenly unable to do it. 临时代替;临时顶替
I was persuaded to step into the breach temporarily when they became too ill to continue.
在他们病得很重无法坚持的情况下,我被劝服去临时顶替他们。
Quotations
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once moreWilliam ShakespeareHenry V