(TTS發音) 1. smash to pieces；divide into small pieces 打破；弄碎；拆開
She broke up the glass in her search for money. 她在找錢時把玻璃打碎了。
He can break up that stone with his hand. 他用手能打碎那塊石頭。
2. end for a holiday（學校期終）放假
The boys will break up for the Christmas vacation next week. 孩子們下週放聖誕假。
When does the school break up for the summer holidays？學校什麼時候放暑假？
We break up on July 25th. 我們7月25日放假。
3. end；stop 結束；停止
The party broke up at midnight. 晚會在午夜結束。
What time is the meeting expected to break up？會議可望在幾點鐘結束？
He broke up the fight between the two gangs. 他制止了兩伙人打架。
A fight started in that street last night，so the police were called in to break it up. 昨晚在那條馬路上發生了一起鬥毆事件，人們把警察叫來制止。
4. become weak；upset completely （指人）身體衰弱；完全攪亂
He may break up under all these troubles. 遇到這麼多麻煩，他可能會垮下來。
This trouble has really broken him up. 這件麻煩事確實使他心煩意亂。
5. lose or destroy spirit or selfcontrol精神崩潰（常用于被動語態）
She was all broken up after her daughter's death，and did not go out of the house for two months. 她在女兒死後精神崩潰了，有兩個月沒有出家門。
6. stop being friends；separate絕交
Mary and John were good friends，but then they had a quarrel and broke up. 瑪麗和約翰原來是好朋友，但後來吵了一架便絕交了。
