break的用法及常見搭配
The word break is fairly commonly used in English, so you have surely seen it in books, heard it in movies, or learned it in school.
英語中break這個詞很常見，經常會在書中看見，電影中聽見或者是在學校學習過這個詞。
There are many phrases and sentences where it means just as break itself means. However, there are also many phrases in which break means something entirely different or is used as a noun! Here are some of those more common phrases.
有許多短語和句子的含義表達的含義和break 本身的含義一樣，然而，break在許多句子和短語中的含義和它本身作爲一個名詞的含義又完全不同！下面是一些比較常見的短語。
Break as a Verb
Break作爲動詞使用
1. Break a habit
改掉習慣
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To establish a good habit is hard, but to break a bad habit may be even harder.
養成一個好習慣很困難，但是改掉壞習慣更加困難。
If you want to break your habit of chewing on your fingernails when you are nervous, try to dip them in lemon juice in the morning or paint them with various colors of nail polish.
如果你想在緊張的時候改掉咬指甲的習慣，那就試着在早上用檸檬汁蘸一下，或者塗上各種顏色的指甲油。
2. Break a bone, break your arm
骨折
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My son fell out of a tree yesterday morning, so we took him to the hospital because we thought he might have broken his wrist.
昨天早晨我兒子從樹上掉下來了，我們把他送到了醫院，我們以爲他的手腕可能骨折了。
If you take care of yourself, use a cast, and use your crutches, you can recover quickly even if you break your leg.
即使你骨折了，如果你照顧好自己，好好使用石膏，柺杖，你會很快恢復的。
3. Break a leg!
祝好運；大獲成功！
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Break a leg, Arnold! Your performance is going to be great tonight!
阿諾德，祝你好運！今晚你的表演一定會很成功！
I told my wife to break a leg on her first day of teaching her class, but she just rolled her eyes.
我告訴我的妻子祝她第一天教課好運，但是她只是轉了轉眼睛。
4. Break a promise
違背諾言
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Doctors are told to never say, “Everything will be okay,” to their patients because they cannot ensure that everything is okay, and they don’t want to break their promises.
醫生們從來不說“一切都會好起來的”，因爲他們不能保證一切正常，他們不能違背自己的承諾。
Breaking a promise to a client will probably make them quit doing business with you.
違背對客戶的諾言可能會使他們中斷與你的生意往來。
5. Break a record
打破紀錄
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I did not try to break the record for the most hiccups in an hour, but it just happened!
我並沒有試圖打破一個小時內最多打嗝的記錄，但是它剛剛發生了！
Breaking a world record at the Olympics is something that so many athletes strive to do.
奧運會上，許多運動員都努力去打破紀錄。
6. Break the ice
打破僵局；破冰
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I wasn’t sure how the two groups of athletes would work together so I prepared a bunch of silly questions to break the ice, but it turns out everyone started laughing and getting to know each other on their own!
我不確定這兩組運動員如何合作，因此我準備了很多問題來打破僵局，最後每個人都笑了起來並相互認識了。
Sometimes it only takes one person to say something funny to break the ice in a tense group.
有時候只是需要有人說一些有趣的事情來打破緊張的氣氛。
7. Break someone’s heart
傷心，心碎
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I told him I loved him, and then he broke my heart by saying that he had actually been trying to break up with me during that conversation.
我告訴他我很愛他，然後他說他在那次談話中一直試圖和我分手，這讓我很傷心。
When I chose to become an entrepreneur instead of going to graduate school, my grandma told me that I was breaking her heart.
當我選擇成爲一名企業家而不是讀研究生的時候，我的祖母告訴我，我傷透了她的心。
8. Break the rules, break the law
違反規則，犯法
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I thought that the rules were ridiculous, so I decided to protest them by breaking the most important rule.
我覺得這些規則很荒謬，所以我決定違反最重要的規則來抗議。
If you ever break the law, don’t talk to me again.
如果你觸犯了法律，就不要再和我說話。
9. Break the news to someone
向某人說出實情，公佈消息
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Ellen wanted to keep the news quiet for as long as possible, but Tom broke the news of their breakup anyway.
艾倫希望儘可能久的保持安靜，但是湯姆還是把他們分手的消息公之於衆。
Juan didn’t know how to break the news of the car accident to Jennifer over the phone, so he texted her instead.
胡安不知道如何通過電話把車禍的消息告訴詹妮弗，所以他給他發了短信。
10. Break even
不賺不賠，打成平手
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Emily still remembers the day that her business broke even.
艾米莉仍然記得她的生意盈虧平衡的那一天。
He tried to play too many pranks on me, so I have a whole list of pranks so we can break even.
他想戲弄我，但是我也有一大堆惡作劇，這樣我們就打成了平手。
11. Break the silence
打破沉默
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Honestly, I have no idea why he has broken the silence on his relationship. The media has already caught him with his new girlfriend!
說實話，我不知道爲什麼他一直對他的感情保持沉默。媒體已經拍到他和他新女友了。
When there is a new scandal, it is better to break the silence right away and apologize for it than have everyone speculate and guess why it happened.
當出現新的醜聞時，最好先打破沉默併爲之道歉，而不是讓每個人都猜測爲什麼會發生這樣的事情。
