1·I didn't mean to break his nose. I just saw red.
我不是有意打破他的鼻子的。我只是一时愤怒。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·It would be nice to go faster and break the world record.
再快一些，打破世界纪录就好了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·New proposals have been put forward to break the deadlock among rival factions.
新的提议已被提出来以打破对立派之间的僵局。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies.
欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·Ms. Mann is working with young offenders and trying to break cycles of offending.
曼女士在从事少年犯的工作，试图打破犯罪的恶性循环。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1·The weekend break was just the tonic I needed.
周末休息正是我所需要的养精蓄锐的机会。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Light refreshments will be served during the break.
中间休息时有点心供应。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·We'll be back after the break with a round-up of today's other stories.
休息之后我们会摘要报道今天其他的新闻。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·All right, break time's over.
好了，休息时间结束了。
5·Class is over. Let's take ten minutes' break.
下课了。让我们休息十分钟。
1·They break up nature's food supply chain.
它们破坏了大自然的食物供应链。
2·There were innumerable thieves, a gang of roughs tried several times to break things up, and police were everywhere.
那里的小偷多得数不清，有一帮暴徒几次试图破坏秩序，到处都是警察。
3·The nanostructures don't break down the actual clothing because cotton and the other clothing materials are too strong to be broken down.
纳米结构不能破坏真正的衣服，因为棉花和其他衣服的材料太结实了，无法破坏。
4·After severing the skin to break the SSL, the pilomotor line did not cross the incision.
切断皮肤以破坏 SSL 后，毛细血管运动线未穿过切口。
5·The tests of life are to make, not break us.
人生的试验都是造就我们，不是破坏我们的。
1·Woody Allen makes me just break up.
伍迪•艾伦令我几乎笑破肚皮。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Incidents range from a nip, which fails to break the skin or draw blood, to serious injuries.
各种情况都有，从并未咬破皮肤或出血的轻伤到重伤。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Never microwave a whole egg without pricking the yolk with a toothpick to break the outer membrane.
用微波炉加热整个鸡蛋时，一定要用牙签把蛋黄刺破。
4·The waste water can be fatal if swallowed. Police are investigating what caused the reservoir to break.
喝下污水会致命。警方正在调查导致水库破堤的原因。
5·He's a very talented young actor who's just ready to break through.
他是一名天赋很高、正待破茧而出的青年演员。
1·Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture.
为了与过去断得一干二净,这对夫妻丢弃了他们所有的旧家具。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·How did he come to break his leg?
他怎么把腿弄断的？
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Which string will break?
那一条绳子会断？
4·Which of the strings will break first?
哪条绳会先断呢？
5·You break her heart, then I'll break your neck.
你若伤她的心，我就扭断你的脖子。
1·Plastic tubes with secure tops are better than glass because they are lighter, and do not break as easily if mishandled.
有密封盖的塑料管比玻璃管好，因为它们更轻，而且如果处理不当也不容易破裂。
2·And we'll talk about this in a subsequent lecture but the assumption is you have an initiating event which happens to be a pipe break.
我们会讨论这个在随后的课堂中，但是假设就是你们已经有了一个初始的事故，就是一个管道破裂发生了。
3·The coalition could break down before the five years expire.
此次联合可能在五年期限结束之前就破裂。
4·It is bad enough when trade talks break up in acrimony; how much worse that the Geneva gathering petered out amid complacency and apathy.
贸易谈判在激烈言词中破裂就足够糟糕了，日内瓦会谈在心安理得和冷漠中结束又会更差到哪里去呢？
5·His speech cooled the debate that threatened a complete break between the North and South.
他的演讲冷却了南北方之间的争论，减缓了南北方完全破裂的威胁。
1·She longed to break in on their conversation but didn't want to appear rude.
她很想打断他们的谈话，但又不愿显得粗鲁。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·There was scarcely an interruption from anyone to break the charm of its flow.
几乎没有人打断他的话，打断他那滔滔不绝的叙述。
3·Stick and stone may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
石头和棍子能打断我的骨头，可是名望一点也伤不到我。
4·The two lines in bold in Listing 3 shouldn't actually break this way, but our display width is limited.
清单3中粗体显示的两行脚本不应当像上面那样被打断，但我们的显示宽度有限。
5·Stop for a quick break if and hop back into it.
如果训练被快速打断而停下，请再跳回它。
1·You need to use your break wisely.
你需要明智地利用你的休息时间。
2·What did you do in the break?
你在休息时间做了什么？
3·Lunch break at the hotdog stand in the park is the most enjoyable and interesting time of day for me.
对我来说，在公园里热狗摊度过的午餐休息时间是我一天中最快乐、最有趣的时光。
4·If older children have more than an hour of homework, encourage them to schedule a short break to stretch.
如果大一点的孩子有超过一个小时的家庭作业，鼓励他们安排短暂的休息时间来伸展身体。
5·The women had tea break and back to work.
有吃茶点的休息时间，然后继续工作。
1·Give the lad a break—it's only his second day on the job.
给这小伙子一次机会—他上工才第二天。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·This is not because you feel he (or she?) deserves a break - it isn't your job to play social engineer.
这不是因为你觉得他(或她？)应该得到这个机会——扮演社会工程师不是你的职责。
3·Professors and bosses usually feel some sense of responsibility toward you; if you make a valiant effort and fail, they'll cut you a break.
老师和老板都或多或少觉得自己对你有那么点儿责任，如果你很努力又失败了，他们可能会再给你一次机会。
4·Yet I find myself inclined to hire the person who looks more prepossessing - which is unfair as the plain one surely needs a break.
不过我发现自己倾向于聘用那个看起来更讨人喜欢的家伙——这有失公平，因为长相难看的人肯定也需要机会。
5·Looking for that big break?
你正在寻找一个大好机会吗？