break up
phrasal verbbreak up
粉碎;破碎 - The ship broke up on the rocks.
船触礁撞碎了。
- The ship broke up on the rocks.
结束 - Their marriage has broken up.
他们的婚姻已经破裂。
- Their marriage has broken up.
- to go away in different directions
散开;解散 - The meeting broke up at eleven o'clock.
会议在十一点散会。
- The meeting broke up at eleven o'clock.
- (especially British English) to begin the holidays when school closes at the end of a term
(学校)期终放假 - When do you break up for Christmas?
你们什么时候放假过圣诞节?
- When do you break up for Christmas?
- (British English) to become very weak
变得虚弱;垮掉 - He was breaking up under the strain.
过度的劳累使他快要垮了。
- He was breaking up under the strain.
- (North American English) to laugh very hard
捧腹大笑 - Woody Allen makes me just break up.
伍迪 · 艾伦令我几乎笑破肚皮。
- Woody Allen makes me just break up.
- when a person who is talking on a mobile phone breaks up, you can no longer hear them clearly because the signal has been interrupted
(打移动电话的人)声音不清(因信号受干扰)
break somebody up
- (especially North American English) to make somebody feel upset
使烦恼;使不安 - The thought of hurting her just breaks me up.
一想到要伤害她我就感到不安。
- The thought of hurting her just breaks me up.
break something up
- to make something separate into smaller pieces; to divide something into smaller parts
拆开;打散 - The ship was broken up for scrap metal.
船被拆解成为废铁。 - Sentences can be broken up into clauses.
句子可以分成从句。 - She broke the chocolate up into small pieces.
她把巧克力弄成小块。
- The ship was broken up for scrap metal.
- to end a relationship, a company, etc.
结束(关系);关闭(公司) - They decided to break up the partnership.
他们决定拆伙。
- They decided to break up the partnership.
- to make people leave something or stop doing something, especially by using force
(尤指用武力)迫使放弃(某事) - Police were called in to break up the fight.
有人叫来了警察制止打斗。
- Police were called in to break up the fight.
break up (with somebody)
- to end a relationship with somebody
(同某人)绝交 - She's just broken up with her boyfriend.
她刚刚和男朋友分手。
- She's just broken up with her boyfriend.