MAKE SB FEEL BAD 使难过 11 _ to make sb feel so sad, lonely, etc. that they cannot live a normal life 使心碎； 使十&悲伤；使孤去：rhe death 〇/his w(febrofce/u'm com以etdy.妻子的死使他悲痛欲绝。

►                 OF WEATHER 天 H 12 [V] to change suddenly，usually after a period when it has been fine (常指好夫气.)突类

►                 SHOW OPENING 露出缝隙 13 [V] to show an opening 露 出缝隙；散开The clouds broke and the sun came out 云开日出。

►                 OF DAY/DAWN/STORM 白天：黎明；风鉍 14 [V】when the day or dawn or a storm breaks, it begins 开始；（风 暴）发作：Dawn was breaking when they 月miHy Ze/t.他 们终争瀹开时正是破晓时分。一 see also DAYBREAK

►                 OF. NEWS 消息 15 [V] if a piece of news breaks, it becomes known 透露；传开：TTiere was a pubh'c outcry whe/i the scandai brofce.丑闻一，开，舆论一片哗然。◊ breaking news (= news that is arriving about events that have just happened)突发性新闻 16 [VN] ~ it/the news to sb to be the first to tell sb some bad news (第 一个将坏消息向某人）公布，透露，说出：Who’s going to break ft to her?由谁来把这事告诉她呢？ ◊ /’m sorry to be the one to breafc the news to you.我很难过，这消i得 由我来告诉你。

►                 OF VOICE.嗓音 17 [V] if sb’s voice breaks, it changes its

tone because of emotion (因激动）变调：Her voice broke as she told us the dreadful news. M            nJ

怕的消息时，声音都变了。18 [V] when a boy^s voice breaks, it becomes permanently deeper at about the age of 13 or 14 (指男孩在13或14岁时嗓音）变粗， 变低

►                 A RECORD 纪录 19 [VN] to do sth better，faster, etc. than anyone has ever done it before 打破（纪录）：She had broken t/ie ivorW 200 metres record•她打破了 100 举世 界纪录。◊ 77ie movie brofce aH box-oJ5fiice records.逢部

影片打破了所有的票房纪录。

►                 OF WAVES 波浪 20 [V] when waves break, they fall and are dissolved into foam, usually. near land 拍岸；迸 溅：the sounci 〇/ waves breaking on the beach 浪涛拍岸 的声音◊ The sea was brea/dng over the wrecked ship.

海浪冲刷着破船的残骸。

►                 STH SECRET 秘密 21 [VN] to find the meaning of sth secret破译；—解：to break a code破译密码

►                 MONEY ^ 22 [VN] {especially NAmE] to change a bank- note for coins 把…&成零钱；找弁：Can you break a twenty-doHar bfH?可以给我找开二十元的钞票吗？

IHTOI Idioms containing break are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example break sb’s heart is at heart.含 break 的习语，都可在 该等习语中的名词及形容词相关词条找到，如break sb’s heart 在词条 heart 下。       .break a'way

(from sb/sth) 1 to escape suddenly from sb who is holding you or keeping you prisoner 突然挣脱；逃脱： 77ie prisoner brofce away 介om his guards.犯人挣脱了看 守。2 to leave a political party, state，etc” especially to form a new one脱离，背叛（如党、国家等，尤指舍组 建新的）："The peopZe 〇/ the province wished to break away and/orm a new state.该省人民希望分离成立一 个新国家。一related noun breakaway(I) 3 to move away from a crowd or group, especially in a race (尤 指速度竞赛）甩掉：She brofce away介om the padc and opened up a two-secomHead.她甩开所有其他赛跑者，以 两秒领先。

■ break 'down 1 (of a machine or vehicle 机器或车辆）to stop working because of a fault 出故障；杯择：The tdephone system has broken down.电话系统瘫痪了。◊ We (=. the car) broke down on the/reeway.我们的韦在高 速公路上拋锚了。一related noun breakdown⑴ 2 to fail 失败：Negotiations between the two sides have broken down.双方谈判失败了。一 related noun break­down^) 3 to become very bad 被 搞垮； 跨掉：Her heakh broke down under the pressure o/worfc•她因工作 压力身体垮掉了 .。一 see also nervous breakdown 4 to lose control of your feelings and start crying 情不 自禁地哭起来：He brofce down and wejpt when he heard the news.听到这个消息，他不禁失声痛哭。5 to divide into parts to be analysed划成部分（以便分析）： Expenditure on the project breaks down as follows: wages 幻0m, pkmt $4m, raw materials $5m.这项工程的支出费 用分项列明如下：工资1000万元，设备400万元，原料