牢记固定搭配,用准确的语言表达正确的意思。break 常用的固定搭配,它除了可以打破具体的东西,还可打破抽象的东西。

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Break a bone 折断骨头

Tom broke his bone while striking his final goal.

汤姆在射门时骨折了。

解析:while 引导的时间状语从句,状语从句的主语和主句的主语一致,可省略状语从句的主语和 be 动词。

Break a code 破译密码

Scientists worked day and night to break the code.

科学家们夜以继日地破译密码。

Break a habit 改掉一个习惯

Do you know it takes 28 days to break a habit?

你知道改掉一个习惯需要28天吗?

Break a law 触犯法律

If you break a law, you go to prison.

如果你触犯了法律,你就会进监狱。

Break a promise 食言

I know he wouldn’t break a promise to me, so I try to keep this promise.

我知道他不会违背对我的诺言,所以我尽量遵守诺言。

Break a record 打破纪录

“You and me, today we’re going to break a record, ” he said.

“你和我,今天我们要打破纪录,”他说。

Break a window 打破窗户

I had to break a window to get into the house.

我不得不打破窗户才能进房子。

Break ground 破土动工

They will break ground on the new housing project next week.

他们下星期将破土动工兴建新的住宅项目。

Break new ground 开拓新天地

I don’t have to break new ground here.

我不需要在这里开辟新天地。

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Break the news 发布消息

The police had to break the news to the boy’s parents.

警察不得不把这个消息告诉男孩的父母。

Break one’s fall 打断、阻止或缓和某人的摔倒

Luckily, a bush broke his fall.

幸运的是,一个灌木状的东西阻止了他的摔倒。

Break someone’s heart 伤透某人的心

It would break her heart when they’d have to leave .

当他们不得不离开时,她会伤心的。

Break the rules 违反规则

If you break the rules and get caught, you should be penalized.

如果你违反规则被抓,你应该受到惩罚。

Break the silence 打破沉默

I was the first one to break the silence in my family.

我是第一个打破家里沉默的人。

Break the spell 解除咒语

We have to make our own rules to break the spell.

我们必须制定自己的规则来解除咒语。

解析:spell 作名词时,可以译为“咒语;符咒;魔法”。