〈 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。

〈 dis.perse 〉

[次常用字]

【動詞】

dis.persed, dis.pers.ing, dis.pers.es

【及物動詞】

1 a. 使散開, 驅散

The police dispersed the crowd. 警察驅散群眾

b. 散布; 散播

The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city.飛機從城市的上空散發傳單

2 消失, 消散

3 傳播 （知識）

4 分離 （光線） （把光分離成光譜中的光線）

5 分佈, 遍撒

【不及物動詞】

1 分散, 散開, 四散

2 消散, 消失

The storm clouds had dispersed by noon. 暴風雲到了中午便消散了

【名詞】

dis.per.sant

【副詞】

dis.pers.ed.ly

【名詞】

dis.pers.er

【形容詞】

dis.pers.i.ble

〈 scat.ter 〉

[常用字]

【動詞】

scat.tered, scat.ter.ing, scat.ters

【及物動詞】

1 散佈

2 撒

scattering confetti from the upper windows 從高處的窗口撒五彩碎紙

3『物理』擴散

【不及物動詞】

1 分散

2 散播

【名詞】

1 撒佈

2 散播物

【名詞】

scatter.er