break的用法及常见搭配
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.
英语中break这个词很常见，经常会在书中看见，电影中听见或者是在学校学习过这个词。
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.
有许多短语和句子的含义表达的含义和break 本身的含义一样，然而，break在许多句子和短语中的含义和它本身作为一个名词的含义又完全不同！下面是一些比较常见的短语。
Break as a Verb
Break作为动词使用
1. Break a habit
改掉习惯
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To establish a good habit is hard, but to break a bad habit may be even harder.
养成一个好习惯很困难，但是改掉坏习惯更加困难。
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.
如果你想在紧张的时候改掉咬指甲的习惯，那就试着在早上用柠檬汁蘸一下，或者涂上各种颜色的指甲油。
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.
昨天早晨我儿子从树上掉下来了，我们把他送到了医院，我们以为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，如果你照顾好自己，好好使用石膏，拐杖，你会很快恢复的。
3. Break a leg!
祝好运；大获成功！
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Break a leg, Arnold! Your performance is going to be great tonight!
阿诺德，祝你好运！今晚你的表演一定会很成功！
I told my wife to break a leg on her first day of teaching her class, but she just rolled her eyes.
我告诉我的妻子祝她第一天教课好运，但是她只是转了转眼睛。
4. Break a promise
违背诺言
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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.
医生们从来不说“一切都会好起来的”，因为他们不能保证一切正常，他们不能违背自己的承诺。
Breaking a promise to a client will probably make them quit doing business with you.
违背对客户的诺言可能会使他们中断与你的生意往来。
5. Break a record
打破纪录
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I did not try to break the record for the most hiccups in an hour, but it just happened!
我并没有试图打破一个小时内最多打嗝的记录，但是它刚刚发生了！
Breaking a world record at the Olympics is something that so many athletes strive to do.
奥运会上，许多运动员都努力去打破纪录。
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!
我不确定这两组运动员如何合作，因此我准备了很多问题来打破僵局，最后每个人都笑了起来并相互认识了。
Sometimes it only takes one person to say something funny to break the ice in a tense group.
有时候只是需要有人说一些有趣的事情来打破紧张的气氛。
7. Break someone’s heart
伤心，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.
我告诉他我很爱他，然后他说他在那次谈话中一直试图和我分手，这让我很伤心。
When I chose to become an entrepreneur instead of going to graduate school, my grandma told me that I was breaking her heart.
当我选择成为一名企业家而不是读研究生的时候，我的祖母告诉我，我伤透了她的心。
8. Break the rules, break the law
违反规则，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.
我觉得这些规则很荒谬，所以我决定违反最重要的规则来抗议。
If you ever break the law, don’t talk to me again.
如果你触犯了法律，就不要再和我说话。
9. Break the news to someone
向某人说出实情，公布消息
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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.
艾伦希望尽可能久的保持安静，但是汤姆还是把他们分手的消息公之于众。
Juan didn’t know how to break the news of the car accident to Jennifer over the phone, so he texted her instead.
胡安不知道如何通过电话把车祸的消息告诉詹妮弗，所以他给他发了短信。
10. Break even
不赚不赔，打成平手
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Emily still remembers the day that her business broke even.
艾米莉仍然记得她的生意盈亏平衡的那一天。
He tried to play too many pranks on me, so I have a whole list of pranks so we can break even.
他想戏弄我，但是我也有一大堆恶作剧，这样我们就打成了平手。
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!
说实话，我不知道为什么他一直对他的感情保持沉默。媒体已经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.
当出现新的丑闻时，最好先打破沉默并为之道歉，而不是让每个人都猜测为什么会发生这样的事情。
