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1. PHRASAL VERB （机器或车辆）出毛病，损坏 If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working. 

  • Their car broke down.

    他们的车子出故障了。

2. PHRASAL VERB （讨论、关系或系统）失败，破裂，失灵 If a discussion, relationship, or system breaks down, it fails because of a problem or disagreement. 

  • Talks with business leaders broke down last night...

    昨晚与商界领导人的谈判破裂了。

  • Paola's marriage broke down.

    葆拉的婚姻破裂了。

3. PHRASAL VERB 分解；将…分成若干部分 To break down something such as an idea or statement means to separate it into smaller parts in order to make it easier to understand or deal with. 

  • The report breaks down the results region by region...

    报告将调查结果按地区分成若干部分。

  • These rules tell us how a sentence is broken down into phrases.

    这些规则告诉我们一个句子是怎样分解成若干短语的。

4. PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）（物质）分解 When a substance breaks down or when something breaks it down, a biological or chemical process causes it to separate into the substances which make it up. 

  • Over time, the protein in the eggshell breaks down into its constituent amino acids...

    时间久了，蛋壳中的蛋白质就会分解为其构成成分氨基酸。

  • The oil is attacked by naturally occurring microbes which break it down.

    原油受到了自然产生的分解油类物质的微生物的侵蚀。

5. PHRASAL VERB 感情失控（痛哭起来） If someone breaks down, they lose control of themselves and start crying. 

  • Because he was being so kind and concerned, I broke down and cried...

    他如此体贴关心，令我忍不住失声痛哭。

  • The young woman broke down in tears.

    这名年轻妇人痛哭流涕。

6. PHRASAL VERB 捣毁；拆除 If you break down a door or barrier, you hit it so hard that it falls to the ground. 

  • An unruly mob broke down police barricades and stormed the courtroom...

    一伙暴徒捣毁了警察设置的路障冲进法庭。

  • Firemen were called after his father failed to break the door down.

    他的父亲没能把门砸开，后来就把消防员叫来了。

7. PHRASAL VERB 消除，破除（障碍或偏见） To break down barriers or prejudices that separate people or restrict their freedom means to change people's attitudes so that the barriers or prejudices no longer exist. 

  • His early experience enabled him to break down barriers between Scottish Catholics and Protestants.

    他早年的经历使他能够消除苏格兰天主教徒和新教徒之间的隔阂。

8. See also: breakdown; broken-down;  
Verb

1. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;

  • "analyze a specimen"
  • "analyze a sentence"
  • "analyze a chemical compound"

2. make ineffective;

  • "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

3. lose control of one's emotions;

  • "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"
  • "When her baby died, she snapped"

4. stop operating or functioning;

  • "The engine finally went"
  • "The car died on the road"
  • "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
  • "The coffee maker broke"
  • "The engine failed on the way to town"
  • "her eyesight went after the accident"

5. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

6. fall apart;

  • "the building crimbled after the explosion"
  • "Negociations broke down"

7. cause to fall or collapse

8. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

体育

  • 1.体力衰退
  • 2.被迫由跪撑转为俯卧

计算机

  • 1.击穿
1. Let's break down the project into smaller parts in order to deal with them one by one.
我们把这个计划分成几个小项逐一进行。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Our new policies are designed to break down artificial barriers to women's advancement.
我们的新政策是要打破对女性晋升人为设置的障碍。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.
警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Tap the lid down carefully so as not to break the contents.
要把盖子轻轻地敲下去，免得把里面的东西打碎。

来自《简明英汉词典》