breakdown
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending. (关系、计划、讨论等的) 失败; 结束
...the breakdown of talks between the U.S. and E.U. officials. …美国与欧盟官员会谈的失败。
...the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage. …无法挽回的一场婚姻的破裂。
2. N-COUNT If you have a breakdown, you become very depressed, so that you are unable to cope with your life. 精神崩溃
My personal life was terrible. My mother had died, and a couple of years later I had a breakdown. 我的个人生活糟透了。母亲去世了,几年后我精神崩溃了。
3. →see also nervous breakdown
4. N-COUNT If a car or a piece of machinery has a breakdown, it stops working. 故障
Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns. 她的旧车性能不可靠,所以旅途被故障所困扰。
5. N-COUNT A breakdown of something is a list of its separate parts. 细目列表
The organizers were given a breakdown of the costs. 组织者们被给了一份花销细目。
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breakdown /ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn/ (breakdowns)
剑桥词典
- The breakdown in negotiations will be seen as a step backwards .
- Some children were well brought up, despite family breakdown, he admitted .
- An immediate effect of the war was a breakdown of law and order .
- He warned that the breakdown of the family unit would lead to an impoverished society .
- the trauma of marriage breakdown
breakdown noun (FAILURE)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a failure to work or be successful
故障,毛病
I had a breakdown (= my car stopped working ) in the middle of the road . 我的汽车在半路上抛锚了。
Both sides blamed each other for the breakdown of talks . 双方都指责对方导致了谈判的破裂。
也见 break down (MACHINE)
例句
breakdown noun (DIVISION)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]a division of something into smaller parts
细目;分类
We asked for a breakdown of the accident figures into day time and night time . 我们要白天和夜间事故统计数字的分列明细表。
The rate of breakdown of muscle protein was assessed . 肌肉蛋白质的分类比率测定统计出来了。
breakdown noun (ILLNESS)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a nervous breakdown
神经失常;神经衰弱 返回 breakdown