這頭犀牛突然跑開了,但它沒沖著我們跑來,而是沿著我們旁邊的石堤跑了。
They attempted to break away to form an independent state.

他們企圖分裂出去成立一個獨立的國家。 break away from sb/sth
The criminal broke away from the policemen who were holding him.

那罪犯從抓著他的警察手里逃脫了。
The prisoner broke away from his guards while being taken to another jail.

犯人在被押送到另一座監獄的路上突然掙脫看守跑了。
He was unable to break away from their grip.

他無法從他們手里脫逃。 break away from sb/sth
He broke away from all his old friends.

他和老朋友斷絕了來往。
He broke away from his family and has gone to live in Australia.

他離家出走,去澳大利亞定居。
He has already broken away from the Party.

他已脫離了黨。
Fortunately, he broke away from that lawless group years ago.

幸而幾年前他就脫離了那個不法集團。 break away from sth
We must break away from convention and adopt as many advanced techniques as possible in order to build our country into a powerful modern state in not too long a historical period.

我們必須打破常規,盡量采用先進技術,在一個不太長的歷史時期內,把我國建設成為一個現代化強國。
Modern music has broken away from 18th century rules.

現代音樂擺脫了18世紀的模式。

橋坍塌了。
The car broke down on the way.

車子在路上出了毛病。
Her telephone had broken down.

她的電話出了故障。
The washing machine seems to have broken down again.

洗衣機好像又壞了。
The elevator broke down and we had to walk up to the tenth floor.

電梯壞了,我們只好走到第10層樓上去。
Telephone communication with all but a few outposts has broken down.

除了幾個前哨據點外,與所有地方的電話聯系都已中斷。 break sth ? down
By then the gate was being broken down.

那時候大門快要被砸開了。 break sth ? down
John broke down the washing machine.

約翰拆開了洗衣機。
After a frank exchange of ideas, the two of them finally broke down their long-standing prejudice against each other and became friends again.

開誠布公地交換思想之后,他們兩人終于解開了長期存在的疙瘩,重歸于好。 break down into sth
The newly published booklet breaks down into three parts.

這本新出版的小冊子分成三部分。
The figures break down into several kinds, showing us different ways of looking at the firm's activities.

這些數字分成幾類,為我們顯示了觀察該公司活動的幾種不同方法。 break sb/sth ? down into sth
We broke down the students into several small groups when we have oral class.

上口語課時,我們把學生分成若干個小組。
In drafting the outline, please break it down into three parts.

起草大綱時,請把它分成三個部分。
Chemicals in the body break down our food into useful substances.

體內的化學成分把我們吃的食物分解為有用的物質。
The figures must be broken down into several lists.

這些數字應被分成若干項。
Water is readily broken down into hydrogen and oxygen.

水可以很容易地分解為氫和氧。 break down
He broke down under the strain of his position.

他的公務繁重,身體變壞了。
Peter broke down and was unable to work for a year.

彼得病倒后一年不能上班。
Your health will break down if you work too hard.

如果你過分辛勞,會把身體搞垮。
His health has broken down completely.

他的身體已完全垮了。
The old man's health broke down after a serious illness.

那位老人生一場大病后,健康衰退了。 break down
She broke down at the news of her mother's death.

聽到母親去世的噩耗,她不禁哭了起來。
She broke down when she heard the news, but quickly recovered.

聽到這消息時,她控制不住自己哭了起來,但很快她就平靜下來了。
Peter broke down and wept when he saw the deer that he had shot.

彼得見到那只被他打死的鹿時,忍不住掉下了眼淚。
The speaker's words were so moving that Mrs. Smith broke down and had to leave the room.

講話人的言辭非常動人,使史密斯太太痛哭起來,最后她只好離開會場。 break sth ? down
By helpful kindness the teacher broke down the new boy's shyness.

老師和藹可親的態度減輕了這個新來的孩子的羞怯。
The teacher helped her break down her shyness.

老師幫助她克服她的害羞弱點。
The obstacle was finally broken down.

阻力終于被克服了。 break down
Our plans have broken down.

我們的計劃破產了。
His plan broke down when it was put into practice because he had not given enough attention to details.

他的計劃在實踐中失敗了,因為他對細節問題沒有引起足夠的重視。
Talks have broken down over the disputed territory.

談判由于領土爭論而破裂了。 break sth ? down
We have broken down the resistance of the enemy.

我們已經打垮了敵人的頑抗。
They broke down all opposition.

他們粉碎了一切反對行動。

他講故事的時候別打斷他。
I could have told the story better if so many people had not broken in.

假如沒有那么多人插嘴,我的故事還能講得更好些。 break in on〔upon〕 sth
I'm sorry to break in on your private thought, but I think we should get on with some work.

對不起,打斷了你的思考,不過我想我們該干點工作了。
Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.

鳥鳴聲不時打破林中的寂靜。
The man rushed in and broke in on our conversation.

那人跑進來,打斷了我們的談話。 break in
We were watching TV when he broke in.

我們正在看電視,他突然闖了進來。
He broke in and stole my money.

他破門而入偷走了我的錢。
The policemen broke in and found the old man dead in his chair.

警察破門而入,發現老人坐在椅子上死了。 break in
It takes a new secretary one month to break in.

新來的秘書要一個月的時間熟悉工作。
The young athletes are breaking in well.

那些年輕的運動員正受到很好的訓練。 break sb/sth ? in
They are going to break in the apprentice as a lathe operator.

他們將培養那個學徒開車床。
Two weeks in the new office should be enough to break you in.

你在新辦公室呆上兩周的時間就足以適應了。
Don't drive the new car too fast; I'm still breaking it in.

別把這新車開得太快,我仍在試開這部車呢。
When horses are about six months old, they have to be broken in.

馬長到六個月左右就得訓練。 break in
Two hundred more new recruits broke in at the steel plant last year.

去年又有兩百名新學徒來到鋼鐵廠工作。

強盜們打破大門,拿走了所有值錢的物品。
The firemen could enter the burning house only by breaking in the door.

消防隊員只有打破門才能進入著火的房子。

他們趁黑闖進了我們的房子。
Last night a burglar broke into my house.

昨天夜里一個賊闖入我的家。
The thief broke into the house in broad daylight.

竊賊竟在大白天闖入屋里行竊。
We had to break into the house as we had lost the key.

因為我們弄丟了鑰匙,所以不得不破門而入。
The thief broke into my house and stole my wife's furcoat.

竊賊潛入我家偷走了我妻子的裘皮大衣。
Bandits broke into our house and stole all our money.

強盜闖入我們的住宅,偷走了所有的錢。
Last night somebody broke into Mr.White's house and took away a lot of things.

昨晚有人闖進懷特先生的家并拿走了許多東西。
A thief can break into a car in under ten seconds.

竊賊十秒鐘之內就能把車撬開。
Burglars broke into the art gallery through the roof, shinnied down the rope and stole five valuable paintings.

竊賊沿繩索從屋頂爬下,闖入了美術館,偷走了五件珍貴的畫作。
Burglars broke into the empty flat while the tenants were away on holidays.

在房客們外出度假的時候,幾個盜賊闖進了無人住的公寓。
The guerrillas broke into the armoury and carried off 22 rifles.

游擊隊員打進武器庫，奪走了22支步槍。
Thieves have broken into some of the pyramids and taken away many of the treasure to foreign countries.

竊賊曾闖入一些金字塔把很多珍寶弄到了外國。
He can't have done it.Someone broke into the bank around 6.30 and he was with me at the time.QED.

那不可能是他干的。有人在6點半左右闖進銀行,而當時他和我在一起。證明完畢。
The cattle broke into the wheat field and did much damage.

牛群闖進麥田,毀了不少莊稼。
The police surprised a burglar breaking into a store.

警察意外地發現了一名盜賊闖入一家店鋪。
He was caught in the act of breaking into the house.

他在破門而入的時候被抓住了。
This box looks as if it's been broken into.

這箱子看上去好像被撬開過。
Three houses in our street have been broken into this week.

我們這條街本周有三家被盜。
The policemen found that the house had been broken into and everything stolen.

警察發現房子被砸破,里面的一切都被偷走了。 break into sth
She is trying to break into journalism.

她正努力在新聞界找尋立足之地。
The company is having difficulty breaking into new markets.

該公司在打入新市場時遇到困難。 break into sth
He broke into our meeting.

他打斷了我們的會。
Her mother's voice broke into her thoughts.

她母親的聲音打斷了她的思緒。
He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thoughts.

他陷入沉思之中,她不想打斷他的思路。
Don't break into their conversation; they are discussing something important.

不要打斷他們的談話; 他們正在討論重要的事情呢。
My aunt's regular visits break into my weekend.

我姑母的不斷來訪打擾我度周末。 break into sth
I didn't want to break into a twenty-pound note.

我并不想找開一張20 英鎊的鈔票。
I had to break into my savings to pay for the trip.

我得動用積蓄支付旅行費用。
I shall have to break into my savings to pay for the holiday.

我只好取出部分存款來支付度度假的費用。
Not unless there was an emergency would she break into that precious hoard of hers.

不到緊急時,她不動用她寶貴的儲存。 break into sth
5When he saw me he broke into a run.

看到我他拔腿就跑。
5Catching sight of her,Jack broke into a run.

杰克一看見她,趕緊就跑。
5He broke into a run when he saw the police.

他看見警察,撒腿就跑。
5He had broken into a trot.

他突然小跑起來。
5As soon as they smelled grass,the cows broke into a trot.

牛群一聞到青草的芳香,就開始慢跑起來。
5When the horses reached the field they broke into a brisk trot.

馬到了田野后就輕快地跑了起來。
5The horses broke into a mad gallop when they heard the gunshot.

馬聽到槍聲都突然狂奔起來。
5The runners broke into a sprint a few hundred yards from the finish.

選手們在離終點幾百碼的地方開始沖刺。
5I felt frisky,as if I might break into a dance.

我感到很歡快,似乎要跳起舞來。
5As I grew more afraid,I broke into a cold sweat.

我越來越害怕,霎時出了一身冷汗。
5Her face broke into a huge smile.

她立刻笑容滿面。
5The old man’s face broke into a grin.

老人的臉上綻出笑容。
5The audience broke into applause.

觀眾中爆發出熱烈的掌聲。
5The audience broke into rapturous applause.

聽眾中爆發出一片歡呼喝彩聲。
5The crowd broke into loud cheers when the President's car appeared.

當總統的車出現時,群眾開始大聲地歡呼。
5The visitors broke into exclamations of wonder when they saw the magnificent Great Wall.

看到雄偉的長城,游客們驚嘆不已。
The singers broke into song.

歌手們一下子就唱了起來。
6After a long silence,she broke into a laugh.

她沉默了很久之后忽然笑了起來。
6When I told him the story,he broke into a laugh.

當我把這件事告訴他時,他突然大笑起來。
6When I told them my story the girls broke into tears.

當我給女孩子們講了我的身世后,她們都哭起來了。 break sth into sth
7The cake just broke into pieces when I cut it.

我剛切，蛋糕就碎成一塊塊的了。
7Mary broke the chocolate into pieces, one for each person.

瑪麗把巧克力分成小塊，每人一塊。
7His sleeve caught the glass.It fell and broke into pieces.

他的袖子掛了一下玻璃杯,杯子掉到地上摔碎了。
7The crew escaped,but the ship was broken into pieces.

船員們脫險了,但船被打得粉碎。
7The glass broke into hundreds of pieces.

那塊玻璃摔得粉碎。
7In some American schools,one school year is broken into three semesters.

在美國的有些學校,一學年分成3個學期。

你必須改掉打斷別人講話的壞習慣。
We must break the child of his habit of biting his nails.

我們必須使這個孩子改掉咬指甲的習慣。
She broke me of getting up late.

她使我改掉了睡懶覺的習慣。
The mother wants to break her child of sucking the thumb.

這位母親想使她的小孩子改掉嘬拇指的習慣。
I am trying to break myself of smoking.

我在努力戒煙。
Several times I have made up my mind to break myself of smoking.

我曾幾次下決心要戒煙。

船的桅桿突然斷了。
Many branches broke off in the strong wind.

大風把許多樹枝刮斷了。
The wing of the plane broke off in mid-air and plane crashed.

機翼在空中脫落,致使飛機墜毀。 break sth ? off
He tried to break off the broken branch but failed in his attempt.

他試圖把已折斷的樹枝拽下來,但是沒有成功。
Try not to break off the iron-bar.You are not strong enough.

你別想把鐵柵欄弄斷,你沒那么大的勁。
Mary broke off some of the chocolate to give to the children.

瑪麗把巧克力掰開分給孩子們。 break off
I don't know why he broke off in the midst of his speech.

我不知道他為什么講著講著突然停了下來。
He broke off in the middle of his story.

他正講著故事,突然不講了。
We were discussing our plans, but had to break off when the telephone rang.

我們在討論計劃時電話鈴響了,我們只好停止討論。
He broke off in the middle of a sentence.

他在一個句子的中間停了下來。
Let's break off and have a cup of tea.

咱們歇一會兒喝杯茶吧。
He was busy writing the article all the morning, only breaking off occasionally to have a cup of coffee.

他一個上午都在忙于寫那篇文章,只是偶爾停下來喝杯咖啡。
They broke off for twenty minutes when the machine broke down.

機器出故障時,他們停止工作20分鐘。 break sth ? off
They broke off their conversation when they heard a strange sound.

他們聽到一個奇怪的聲音,于是中斷了談話。
Jim broke off telling the story to answer the telephone.

吉姆中斷了正講著的故事去接電話。
Those two countries have broken off relations again.

那兩個國家又一次斷交了。
Greece broke off relations with Turkey.

希臘斷絕了與土耳其的外交關系。
We may break off relations with that country.

我們有可能同那個國家斷絕關系。

流感通常在冬天發生。
The famous anti-feudal and anti-imperialist May Fourth Movement broke out in Beijing in 1919.

著名的反帝反封建的五四運動于1919年在北京爆發。
A fire broke out in the lower story during the midnight and soon the whole building was in flames.

午夜時分樓下著了火,不一會兒整棟大樓都燒起來了。
Warm applause broke out after his speech.

他演講結束后響起了熱烈的掌聲。
Something unexpected always breaks out in this area.

在這一地區總有意想不到的事情發生。 break sth ? out
We had to break the door out to escape from the fire.

我們不得不把門砸開以逃避火災。

小女孩背上起了疹子,所以她不能去幼兒園了。
The child broke out in measles.

那孩子出麻疹。 break out in sth
He suddenly broke out in a rage of sobs and curses.

他突然大聲哭泣和咒罵起來。
Mary broke out in loud laughter.

瑪麗突然放聲大笑。
When they heard of the surrender of Nazi Germany, they broke out in tears and laughter.

當他們聽說納粹德國已投降時,激動得又是哭又是笑。 break out in a sweat
She was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat.

她嚇得渾身直冒冷汗。
When I thought that no one was coming back to save me,I broke out in a cold sweat.

當我想到無人返回來救我時,我嚇出了一身冷汗。
When he heard the news that he was fired, he broke out in a sweat on his forehead.

當他聽到被解雇的消息時,額頭上冒出了冷汗。
Half an hour after taking the medicine, the patient broke out in a sweat and began to feel better.

服藥后半小時病人出了一身汗,感到舒服多了。
The farmers working in the fields broke out in sweats under the hot sun.

在田野里勞動的農民們被烈日曬得大汗淋漓。

昨天三名囚犯越獄逃走。
The thief broke out of the prison and escaped.

那賊越獄逃跑了。
The guerrilla fighter managed to break out of the room where he was imprisoned.

那位游擊隊員終于從囚禁他的屋子里逃了出來。
I should like to break out of this meaningless way of life.

我倒是想擺脫這無聊的生活方式。
Many playwrights have broken out of the old traditional straight jacket.

很多劇作家從傳統的禁錮中脫穎而出。

他們不敢把那消息透露給他。
Will you break the news of Henry's death to his wife, or shall I?

亨利的死訊是由你去告知他妻子呢還是我去?
You are not to break the matter to anybody.

你不要把這件事泄露給任何人。
He broke it to her gently that her son had been arrested.

他低聲告訴她,她的兒子被捕了。
They dare not break the sad news to her on account of her illness.

他們不敢向她透露噩耗,因為她在生病。
No one was anxious to break the news of the accident to the injured person's family.

沒有人急于把這次事故的消息告訴受傷者的家屬。

昨晚的會議直到十一點才散。
What do you plan to do when school breaks up?

學校放假后你們打算做什么? break up
The cup fell on the cement floor and broke up.

杯子掉在水泥地上打碎了。
When does the ice break up on the river?

河里的冰什么時候融化? break sth ? up
The men in the garage will break up the old cars for their parts.

汽車修理廠的工人要把那些舊車拆掉取零件。
She broke the old furniture up and sold the wood.

她把舊家具砍成碎木塊當柴火賣了。 break up
I hear that Jim and Mary are breaking up.

我聽說吉姆和瑪麗要分手了。
The husband and wife are always quarreling and their relations are breaking up.

這對夫婦總吵架,他們的關系正在破裂。
The small country is going to break up with the superpower.

這個小國決定同超級大國決裂。 break sth ? up
They were happy together, until the war came and broke up their home.

他們在一起過得很幸福,直到戰爭爆發破壞了他們的家庭。
It was money trouble that broke up their marriage.

是為錢的事他們的婚姻才破裂的。 break up
When does your school break up?

你們學校什么時候放假?
We break up next week.

我們下周放假。 break up
The crowd broke up.

人群散開了。 break sth ? up
They break up the meeting.

他們散會了。
The reactionary police tried to break up the strikers' protest rally, but failed.

反動警察企圖沖散罷工工人的抗議集會,但未能得逞。
Divorce broke up a lot of families.

離婚拆散了許多家庭。 break up
He may break up under this trouble.

碰上這樁麻煩事,他可能會感到十分苦惱。 break sb ? up
The terrible news will break him up.

這可怕的消息會使他極為痛苦。 break up
Peter just broke up when we told him what had happened.

我們告訴彼得發生了什么事情時,他簡直樂壞了。 break sb ? up
His story broke me up; I couldn't stop laughing.

他的故事真逗,我簡直笑破了肚皮。

意見分歧使這個黨分裂成各個小派別。
The method of breaking up the whole into parts is often used in mathematics.

數學上經常使用化整為零的方法。
The job can be broken up into several activities, which provides some variety.

這工作可以分成幾項來做,這樣就有一些變化了。
After his death, his land was broken up into areas suitable for building houses.

他死后,他的土地被分割成適合建筑房屋的小塊地皮。