“Break”作为英文中的一个常用词，能够与很多词语搭配形成短语，表达丰富的含义，今天我们就来学习一些吧。

1. break up 分手/解散 Four months ago , my girlfriend and I broke up.

The police had to employ force to break up the crowd.

2. break down 精神崩溃/毁坏 The machine must break down at this busy hour.

He finally break down under the four-hour's strain.

3. break in 破门而入 Robbers often break in at midnight.

4. break out 出皮疹/爆发 His efforts were brought to naught when the war broke out.

bring to naught: 使化为乌有，使成泡影；使毁灭 The baby broke out in a rash.

rash :n. [皮肤] 皮疹；突然大量出现的事物

5. break off 休息一下/暂停 Let's break off work for a few minutes.

6. break through 突破/穿过 The sun broke through the clouds.

We hope to break through soon in the fight against AIDS.

7. break even 不赚不赔，收支平衡 It will be a year before the firm makes a profit but at least it's breaking even.

8. the break of dawn 破晓 She got up at the break of dawn

9. break the ice 打破僵局/破冰 The host told a joke to his guest to break the ice.

10. break the bank 太贵 Come on! One evening at the theatre won't break the bank.