1short rest; short holiday/vacation短暫休息;短期休假ADJECTIVE | VERB + BREAK | BREAK + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little, quick, short小憩;短暫的休息▸➤coffee, dinner, lunch, tea (BrE) 工間喝咖啡/用餐/午餐/茶點休息時間▸➤Christmas, Easter, holiday聖誕節假期;復活節假期;短假◇Are you going away for the Easter break?你要出去度復活節假期嗎?➤spring, summer, winter春假;暑假;寒假➤weekend (especially BrE) 週末休息◇I won a weekend break in Paris.我爭取到了一個週末去巴黎度假的機會。➤10-minute, two-week, etc. * 10 分鐘的休息時間、兩週的假期等◇We have a 15-minute break in the morning.我們上午有 15 分鐘的休息時間。VERB + BREAK➤have, take休息一會兒◇We'll take a break now and resume in an hour.現在休息一下,一小時後再開始。➤need, want需要小憩➤deserve應該得到休息➤enjoy享受假期BREAK + NOUN➤time (= between lessons at school) (BrE) 課間休息時間PREPOSITION➤at break (BrE) 在休息時◇I'll see you at break.我們休息時見。➤during (a/the) break在休息期間◇I had a word with John during the break.中間休息時我和約翰說了幾句話。➤without a break不間斷地◇We worked all day without a break.我們不間斷地工作了一整天。➤break for⋯休息時間◇a break for lunch午餐休息時間➤break from擺脫⋯的時間◇a break from caring for the children不用照看孩子的空閒時間break
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2change/interruption in sth改變;中斷ADJECTIVE | VERB + BREAK | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤clean, complete, sharp徹底斷絕關係;完全決裂;突然中斷▸➤career(因照顧小孩而)暫時停止工作▸➤commercial (especially NAmE) 插播廣告時間➤nice, welcome (especially BrE) 討人喜歡的/受歡迎的中斷VERB + BREAK➤make中斷;作出改變◇His new work makes a break with the past.他的新工作使他告別了過去。◇I wanted to leave but was nervous about making the break.我想離開,但是一想到要改變又覺得不安。PREPOSITION➤break from與⋯決裂◇a break from tradition突破傳統➤break in⋯的轉變◇a break in the weather天氣變化➤break with與⋯斷絕關係break
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3opportunity機遇ADJECTIVE | VERB + BREAKADJECTIVE➤big, lucky好運VERB + BREAK➤get得到⋯的機會◇I always knew I would get my lucky break one day.我一直知道總有一天我會交好運的。➤give sb給某人機會◇He's the director who gave her her first big break.他是第一個給她大好機會的導演。break
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤easily容易破碎▸➤in half, in two碎成兩塊◇She broke the bar in two and gave a piece to me.她把糖塊掰成兩半給了我一塊。➤apart, up斷開◇She broke the chocolate up into small pieces.她把巧克力弄成小塊。PREPOSITION➤into破成◇The glass broke into hundreds of pieces.玻璃摔得粉碎。break
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●break down1. fail失敗ADVERB➤completely, irretrievably徹底失敗;不可挽回地破裂◇Their marriage had broken down irretrievably.他們的婚姻已破裂,不可挽回。➤eventually最終失敗2. start crying哭起來PHRASES➤break down and cry, break down in tears控制不住感情哭起來;失聲哭泣◇She broke down in tears as she spoke to reporters.她向記者訴說時,忍不住哭了起來。●break offADVERB➤abruptly, immediately突然/立即停住◇He broke off abruptly when Jo walked in.喬走進來時,他突然停住不說了。PREPOSITION➤from停止⋯◇She broke off from the conversation to answer the telephone.她停止交談去接電話。