breakdown

英 [ˈbreɪkdaʊn]

美 [ˈbreɪkdaʊn]

n.  (车辆或机器的)故障，损坏; (关系的)破裂; (讨论、系统的)失败; 数字细目; 分类

复数：breakdowns　

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BNC.4096 / COCA.5147

牛津词典

noun

• （车辆或机器的）故障，损坏
  an occasion when a vehicle or machine stops working
  1. a breakdown on the motorway
     在高速公路上出的故障
  2. a breakdown recovery service
     车辆抢修服务
• （关系的）破裂；（讨论、系统的）失败
  a failure of a relationship, discussion or system
  1. the breakdown of a marriage
     婚姻破裂
  2. marriage breakdown
     婚姻破裂
  3. a breakdown in communications
     通信中断
  4. The breakdown of the negotiations was not unexpected.
     谈判的失败是预料之中的事。
  5. the breakdown of law and order
     治安陷入瘫痪
• 数字细目；分类
  detailed information that you get by studying a set of figures
  1. First, let's look at a breakdown of the costs.
     我们首先看一下成本的详细数字。
• 分解
  the breaking of a substance into the parts of which it is made
  1. She's still recovering from her breakdown.
     她精神崩溃后还在恢复中。
• 分解
  the breaking of a substance into the parts of which it is made
  1. She's still recovering from her breakdown.
     她精神崩溃后还在恢复中。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （关系的）破裂；（计划、讨论等的）失败，结束
  Thebreakdown ofsomething such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
  1. ...the breakdown of talks between the US and EU officials.
     美国和欧盟官员间谈判的破裂
  2. ...the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage...
     无法挽回的婚姻破裂
  3. He argues that the breakdown in the legal system has spawned a black market.
     他认为司法体系的不健全导致了黑市的出现。
• See also:My personal life was terrible. My mother had died, and a couple of years later I had a breakdown...They often seem depressed and close to emotional breakdown.nervous breakdown
• N-COUNT （汽车或机器的）故障，损坏
  If a car or a piece of machinery has abreakdown, it stops working.
  1. Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns...
     她的旧车老不听使唤，一路上总是出故障。
  2. If you stop on the hard shoulder, wait for the police or breakdown service.
     如果你的车坏在路肩上了，就得等警察或修理站来帮忙。
• N-COUNT 分类；细目列表
  Abreakdown ofsomething is a list of its separate parts.
  1. The organisers were given a breakdown of the costs.
     向组织者提供了一份开支细目。

英英释义

noun

• the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
  1. the social dislocations resulting from government policies
  2. his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
  Synonym:dislocation
• an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
  Synonym:partitioning
• a cessation of normal operation
  1. there was a power breakdown
  Synonym:equipment failure
• a mental or physical breakdown
  Synonym:crack-up

双语例句

• Ms Carey appeared to blame her breakdown on EMI's punishing work schedule
  凯丽女士似乎将她的精神崩溃归咎于百代唱片公司高度紧张的工作日程安排。
• Our car had a breakdown on the motorway.
  我们的汽车在高速公路上抛锚了。
• I'd like a breakdown of these figures, please.
  请给我这些数字的细目。
• I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me.
  我曾经有过一次精神崩溃，好像天塌了一样。
• After news of this new court case Ford broke down again, though he blamed the breakdown on his work
  福特听到这一场新官司的消息后再次精神崩溃，尽管他说自己是因为工作才这样的。
• This paper presents a new method for breakdown location on power cable insulation.
  本文介绍了一种电力电缆绝缘击穿点定位的新方法。
• Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns
  她的旧车老不听使唤，一路上总是出故障。
• She is not herself. She came near to a breakdown.
  她身体不舒服，简直要崩溃了。
• Individualism, and the breakdown of social harmony, had a constructive purpose. But they also carried a price.
  个人主义以及社会和谐的崩溃具有一定的建设意义，然而这也是有代价的。
• My personal life was terrible. My mother had died, and a couple of years later I had a breakdown
  我个人的生活一团糟。母亲去世了，几年后我又患上了神经衰弱。