to break

I'd locked myself out of the house and had to break a window to get in.

我把自己锁在了门外，不得不破窗而入。

I'm trying to break the habit of staying up too late.

我正试图改掉熬夜的习惯。

Rubber bullets were used to break up the demonstration.

橡皮子弹被用来驱散示威人群。

It was a fateful decision, one which was to break the Government.

这是一项将会让政府垮台的重大决定。

Scientists think they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer.

科学家认为他们在对抗癌症的研究中开始有所突破。

There is still scope for new writers to break through

仍有一些领域需要新作家们去开拓。

How did he come to break his leg?

他怎么把腿弄断的？

Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration

警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。

I was surprised by his preparedness to break the law.

我对他打算以身试法感到惊讶。

She longed to break in on their conversation but didn't want to appear rude.

她很想打断他们的谈话，但又不愿显得粗鲁。

Despite our attempts to break it, the lock would not yield.

这把锁我们砸也砸不开。

New proposals have been put forward to break the deadlock among rival factions

旨在结束各竞争派别之间僵持局面的新提案已被提交。

She held back, not knowing how to break the terrible news.

她踌躇着，不知如何说出这一可怕的消息。

The government was determined to break the power of the trade unions.

政府决心削弱工会的力量。

He hardly needed to break sweat to reach the final.

他几乎不费劲儿就取得了决赛权。

The proposal seems designed to break opposition to the government's economic programme

这项建议似乎旨在为政府经济计划的实施扫清障碍。

We arrived home early and surprised a burglar trying to break in.

我们回家早，无意中发现一个窃贼正要入室行窃。

She needed to break out of her daily routine and do something exciting.

她需要从日常事务中解脱出来，找点有意思的事做。

It's taken a long time to break out of my own conventional training

我花了很长时间才摆脱掉自身所受的传统训练的羁绊。

He won't dare to break his promise.

他不敢食言。

The company wants to break away from its downmarket image.

这个公司想摆脱它面向低消费阶层的形象。

A group of prisoners rushed an officer and managed to break out.

一伙囚犯突然袭击狱警，越狱了。

European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies.

欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。

There was no one nearby who might see him trying to break into the house

附近没有人可能会看见他试图闯入房子里。

Police had to break up the crowd.

警方不得不驱散人群。

They have yet to break the link with the trade unions.

他们还必须断绝与工会组织的联系。

Who's going to break it to her?

由谁来把这事告诉她呢？

The airline hopes to break even next year and return to profit the following year

那家航空公司希望明年实现收支相抵，在随后一年重新盈利。

I didn't mean to break it ─ it was an accident.

我不是故意打碎它的——这是个意外。

A new initiative was needed to break the logjam.

要打破僵局，就需要采取新的行动。