容易混淆的break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。
12. Break ground
破土动工；创办；
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I can’t wait until the contract comes through so we can finally break ground!
我不能等到合同到期才破土动工！
Are you coming to the break ground ceremony tomorrow morning?
明天早上你来参加破土仪式吗？
13. Break new ground
开辟新天地，开垦处女地
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This new research technique will help scientists in so many fields break new ground!
这项新的研究方法将帮助许多领域的科学家开辟新领域！
I think Dr. Matheson thought that his work was breaking new ground, but his findings were published by another professor two years ago.
我觉得马西森博士认为他的研究成果是开创性的，但是他的发现两年前已经由另一位教授发表。
14. Break a code
识破密码
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We were really excited to have you join the organization, but since you broke our code, we have to ask you to leave.
我们很高兴你加入了这个组织，但是因为你识破了我们的密码，我们不得不让你离开。
The only rule we have here is that you do not break the code.
这里唯一的规则是不要识破密码。
15. Break the mold
打破常规
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God broke the mold when he made you because you’re so amazing.
上帝打破常规创造了你是因为你是如此的让人惊喜。
I want you to take chances and break the mold when you can because nonconformists are the ones who change history!
我希望你能抓住机会，打破常规，因为不墨守成规的人是能够能改变历史的人！
16. Break from tradition
打破传统
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Roger broke from tradition by choosing to move abroad after college rather than finding a job locally.
罗杰打破传统，选择在大学毕业后移居国外，而不是在当地找工作。
If you come from a rural community, your parents probably want you to break from tradition and move to the city for more work opportunities.
如果来自农村，父母可能希望你打破传统，搬到城市去寻找更多的工作机会。
17. Break free
打破，冲破藩篱
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After years of planning, the felon broke free from jail with a little help from his friends.
经过多年的筹划，这些重罪犯们在朋友们的帮助下逃出了监狱。
Break free from the mental barriers that are preventing you from achieving your goals!
冲破那些阻碍你实现目标的心理障碍！
18. Break down
失败，发生故障
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I had the worst luck yesterday, when my car engine broke down in the middle of the highway and I had to deal with my boss breaking down under stress after the big deal went bad.
昨天我的运气最差，我的汽车在高速公路的中间抛锚了，而且我不得不面对我的老板在交易失败后的精神崩溃。
It’s okay to break down crying every once in a while, because crying can make you release hormones that improve your mood afterwards.
偶尔大哭一场是可以的，因为哭会让你释放荷尔蒙来改善情绪。
19. Break loose
挣脱，摆脱
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I have finally broken loose from the responsibilities that I have every day.
我终于摆脱了每天的责任。
Tom feels bad for Kathy because she cannot break loose from the pressures of her parents.
汤姆为凯西感到难过，因为她不能摆脱来自于父母的压力。
20. Break up
分手
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My ex-boyfriend and I broke up because we were offer jobs in different cities, but we got back together years later when we ended up in the same place again.
因为在不同的城市工作我和我的前男友分手了，但是多年后我们又回到了同一个地方。
The principal was called in to break up the fight that was started between the freshmen and the sophomores.
校长被召集来驱散一年级和二年级之间的斗争。
Break as a Noun
Break作为名词
21. Take a break
休息
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I was tired from practicing our dance so I sat on the sidelines to take a break.
练习舞蹈让我感动疲劳，所以我坐在场边休息。
Steven felt unmotivated at college, so he decided to take a break for a semester to work and return to school after that.
史蒂文在大学里感到没有动力，所以他决定休息一学期，然后再回学校。
22. Lucky break, big break
重大突破
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The extremely famous movie director Steven Spielberg caught a big break when one of his original films that he made in college was seen by a vice president of a movie-making company and offered him a job.
著名电影导演史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格在他的一部电影中被一位电影制作公司的副总裁看重并提供给他一份工作，这让他大获成功。
Some people say successful people are the ones that got lucky, but most people who catch a lucky break are putting in the hard work needed to succeed already.
有些人说成功的人是幸运的人，但是大多数取得突破的人都是通过努力工作获得成功的。
