〈 break.down 〉

【名詞】

1 故障, 崩潰; 破裂

Our car had a ~ on the way home.我們的車在回家的路上出了毛病

a ~ of negotiation 談判破裂

2 精神或體力上的衰退, 崩潰

a nervous ~ 神經衰弱

3 分類, 分為細目; 分析說明

Mother made a careful ~ of income and expenses.母親做了一份收入和支出的細目分類表

〈 1．destroy；reduce sth．to pieces 毀掉；打破 〉

*The police broke the door down．警察破門而入。

2．crush；defeat鎮壓；制服

*They broke down all opposition．他們壓倒了所有的對手。

3．stop functioning（generally of motors and similar mechanical objects）壞了；出毛病（尤指發動機、機器等）

*The car broke down on the way to the airport．車子在去機場的路上拋錨了。

*The lift broke down，so we had to walk up the stairs．電梯壞了，我們只好走上樓去。

4．fail to carry out（plans，negotiations，etc．）；come to nothing失敗（指無結果中斷計劃、談判等）；堅持不下去

*The plan was good，but it broke down，because people were unwilling to cooperate．計劃是好的，但由于人們不願合作，還是失敗了。

*I expect the negotiations to break down soon．我預料談判不久就會中斷。

5．burst into tears；lose control 禁不住痛哭；（身體、精神）垮了

*When he heard his sentence，the man broke dewn．聽到判決，那人不禁號啕大哭。

*Your health will break down if you work too hard．太勞累的話，你身體會垮的。

*He tried to cope with the everincreasing burden of his work，but finally he broke down and had to take a complete rest．他設法應付日益加重的工作負擔，但最後身體垮了，不得不全休。

6．separate into parts；take apart；analyse 分解；分析

*Water can be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen．水可以分解為氫和氧。

*I want you to break this data down．我想請你分析一下這個資料。