每天一个知识点

打破你对break的理解

测一测

Social order is breaking ______ in many countries because of food shortages.

A

up

B

down

知识点解析

break，看起来好简单一个单词。BUT，当他跟更简单的单词联系起来以后，你还认识他们吗？

· break up
解释为结束、分手、破碎等跟分开相关的意思。常说的分手，就可以用这个短语。比如：

Let's make a pact. We don't break up.
我们做个约定吧 累了也不分手。

Clearly a hug can solve the problem. It is said to break up.
明明一个拥抱就能解决的问题，偏偏要说分手。


· break down
看到down，就知道这个短语有向下的意思，他表示损坏、身体垮掉等看起来倒掉的意思。比如：

Their car broke down.
他们的车子出故障了。

Will you break down these walls and pull me through?
你能推倒这些墙，帮我渡过难关吗？


· break in
看到in，应该就能想到进入的意思。这个短语表示打断、闯入的意思。比如：

Robbers broke in.
强盗闯了进来。

If you break in on someone's conversation, you interrupt them.
如果别人交谈时你插嘴，你就打断他们了。

· break out
看到out，是不是想到出来的意思呢？那猜猜这个短语是什么意思呢？他表示爆发、逃出的意思。比如：

He was young when war broke out.
战争爆发时他还年轻。

The two men broke out of their cells and cut through a perimeter fence.
这两个人逃出牢房，并越过了围墙。

怎么样，当break遇到更简单的单词时，变的不简单了吧？记住这几个短语，他们会经常出现哦~

小练习

If Tim carries on working like this, he will _____ sooner or later.

A

break down

B

break in

C

break up

D

break out

考试真题

在近3年全国和各地高考、CET4、CET6试卷中

break和他的短语们出现好几十次，如：

If the food situation continues to worsen, entire nations will break down at an ever increasing rate.

Social order is breaking down in many countries because of food shortages.

Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning.