- [countable]
an occasion when a vehicle or machine stops working (车辆或机器的)故障,损坏 a breakdown on the motorway 在高速公路上出的故障 a breakdown recovery service 车辆抢修服务 Most breakdown services give priority to women travelling alone. 大多数故障救险组织优先救援独自旅行的女性。 The national breakdown organizations are on hand to help motorists 24 hours a day. 全国维修故障机构全天24小时为驾车者服务。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mechanical
- occur
- service
- truck
- vehicle
- …
- [countable, uncountable]
a failure of a relationship, discussion or system (关系)破裂;(讨论、系统)失败 The only ground for divorce is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. 离婚的唯一理由是婚姻破裂,不可挽回。 marriage breakdown 婚姻破裂 There has obviously been a breakdown in communications between the two sides. 双方的交流明显中断了。 The breakdown of the negotiations was not unexpected. 谈判的失败是预料之中的事。 the breakdown of law and order 治安陷入瘫痪
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec1A growing proportion of children are affected by family breakdown. 越来越多的孩子受到家庭破裂的影响。 Marital breakdown can be followed by debt problems. 婚姻破裂之后可能会出现债务问题。 There seems to be a complete breakdown in law and order. 治安似乎完全陷入瘫痪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
- complete
- irretrievable
- …
- cause
- lead to
- prevent
- …
- breakdown in
- breakdown of
- [countable, usually singular]
detailed information that you get by studying a set of figures 数字细目;分类 First, let's look at a breakdown of the costs. 我们首先看一下成本的详细数字。 Please provide us with a breakdown of expenditure by department. 请给我们一份各部门开支的明细表。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- detailed
- full
- cost
- …
- prepare
- give somebody
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- breakdown by
- breakdown of
- [uncountable] (specialist)
the process of a substance breaking into the parts of which it is made 分解 the breakdown of proteins in the digestive system 蛋白质在消化系统中的分解
- [countable] (also nervous breakdown)
a period of mental illness in which somebody becomes very depressed, anxious and tired, and cannot deal with normal life Topics Illnessc1精神崩溃 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emotional
- mental
- nervous
- …
- have
- suffer
- the brink of a nervous breakdown
- the edge of a nervous breakdown
- the verge of a nervous breakdown
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