说到Break你脑海里最先想起来的是什么？小编一下就想到了break作名词：have a break休息一下……不过今天我们要分享的是break作动词时各种常用的短语哦。
1. Break away
*To run away or escape from a person, situation or place.
逃脱，摆脱
E.g. The robber tried to break away from the police man but he did not escape.
那个强盗想要摆脱警察但是他没能逃掉。
I broke away from him and rushed out into the hall.
我挣脱了他，冲进了大厅。
2.Break down
*When a discussion or relationship is no longer successful.
讨论、关系或系统失败，破裂，失灵
（也有分解的意思）
E.g. The peace talks broke down and the ceasefire was called off.
和谈失败，停火协定取消了。
3.Break in
*To enter a building illegally, usually with the intention to steal something.
非法闯入（一般是有盗窃意图）
E.g. Masked robbers broke in and made off with $8,000.
蒙面强盗闯了进来，抢走了8,000美元。
4.Break into
*To unexpectedly or suddenly begin to do something.
突然开始做某事（也有闯入的意思）
E.g. She broke into tears in the middle of the ceremony.
仪式进行到一半的时候她突然哭了起来。
5.Break up
这个表达有点扎心……
*To break something into smaller pieces.
（使）分裂；分手
E.g. Civil war would come if the country breaks up.
国家分裂会爆发内战。
My girlfriend had broken up with me.
我女朋友已经跟我分手了。
6.Break out
*If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
爆发
He was 29 when war broke out.
战争爆发的时候他29岁。
（break out也有越狱，逃跑的意思）
在听到这个单词的时候，要和brake区分开哦，它们发音一样，长得也差不多，但是brake是刹车的意思……
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