breakup

英 ['breɪkʌp]美 ['brek'ʌp]
  • n. 解体；分裂；崩溃；馏分组成；停止
TOEFL 中低频词

英文词源

breakup (n.)
also break-up, 1795, from verbal expression break up (mid-15c.), which was used originally of plowland, later of groups, assemblies, etc. Of things (also of marriages, relationships), "to disintegrate," from mid-18c. See break (v.) + up (adv.). Break it up as a command to stop a fight, etc., is recorded from 1936.

双语例句

1. In any case, she had no doubts about the breakup with Todd.
不管怎样她和托德分手是没有疑问的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The Thirty Year's War nearly caused the breakup of the empire.
30年的战争几乎导致帝国的解体.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Flexibility of labour was obtained through the breakup of old trade union structures.
打破了旧的工会结构之后,雇用劳工可以灵活处理.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He took the blame for the breakup.
他把破裂的原因归罪于自己.
来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
5. Atomic hydrogen was formed as a breakup product of the ions.
作为这两种离子分裂的产物,形成了原子状态的氢.
来自辞典例句