1PHRASAL VERB (机器或车辆)出毛病,损坏 If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working. (机器或车辆)出毛病,损坏
Their car broke down. [VERBPREP.]
他们的车子出故障了。
SYN stop working, stop, give out, pack up [British, informal]
2PHRASAL VERB (讨论、关系或系统)失败,破裂,失灵 If a discussion, relationship, or system breaks down, it fails because of a problem or disagreement. (讨论、关系或系统)失败,破裂,失灵
Talks with business leaders broke down last night. [VERBPREP.]
3PHRASAL VERB 分解;将…分成若干部分 To break down something such as an idea or statement means to separate it into smaller parts in order to make it easier to understand or deal with. 分解;将…分成若干部分 [Also V n P + into]
The report breaks down the results region by region. [VERBPREP. noun]
报告将调查结果按地区分成若干部分。
These rules tell us how a sentence is broken down into phrases. [beV-ed P + into]
4PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)(物质)分解 When a substance breaks down or when something breaks it down, a biological or chemical process causes it to separate into the substances which make it up. (使)(物质)分解 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
Over time, the protein in the eggshell breaks down into its constituent amino acids. [VERBPREP.]
时间久了,蛋壳中的蛋白质就会分解为其构成成分氨基酸。
The oil is attacked by naturally occurring microbes which break it down. [VERB noun PREP.]
原油受到了自然产生的分解油类物质的微生物的侵蚀。
5PHRASAL VERB 感情失控(痛哭起来) If someone breaks down, they lose control of themselves and start crying. 感情失控(痛哭起来)
Because he was being so kind and concerned, I broke down and cried. [VERBPREP.]
他如此体贴关心,令我忍不住失声痛哭。
The young woman broke down in tears. [VERBPREP.]
这名年轻妇人痛哭流涕。
SYN be overcome, lose control, crack up [informal], lose it [informal]
6PHRASAL VERB 捣毁;拆除 If you break down a door or barrier, you hit it so hard that it falls to the ground. 捣毁;拆除
An unruly mob broke down police barricades and stormed the courtroom. [VERBPREP. noun]
一伙暴徒捣毁了警察设置的路障冲进法庭。
Firemen were called after his father failed to break the door down. [VERB noun PREP.]
7PHRASAL VERB 消除,破除(障碍或偏见) To break down barriers or prejudices that separate people or restrict their freedom means to change people's attitudes so that the barriers or prejudices no longer exist. 消除,破除(障碍或偏见) [approval] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
His early experience enabled him to break down barriers between Scottish Catholics and Protestants. [VERBPREP. noun]