牢記固定搭配,用準(zhǔn)確的語言表達(dá)正確的意思。break 常用的固定搭配,它除了可以打破具體的東西,還可打破抽象的東西。Tom broke his bone while striking his final goal.解析:while 引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句,狀語從句的主語和主句的主語一致,可省略狀語從句的主語和 be 動(dòng)詞。Scientists worked day and night to break the code.Break a habit 改掉一個(gè)習(xí)慣Do you know it takes 28 days to break a habit?If you break a law, you go to prison.如果你觸犯了法律,你就會(huì)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄。I know he wouldn’t break a promise to me, so I try to keep this promise.我知道他不會(huì)違背對(duì)我的諾言,所以我盡量遵守諾言。“You and me, today we’re going to break a record, ” he said.I had to break a window to get into the house.They will break ground on the new housing project next week.他們下星期將破土動(dòng)工興建新的住宅項(xiàng)目。I don’t have to break new ground here.The police had to break the news to the boy’s parents.Break one’s fall 打斷、阻止或緩和某人的摔倒Luckily, a bush broke his fall.幸運(yùn)的是,一個(gè)灌木狀的東西阻止了他的摔倒。Break someone’s heart 傷透某人的心It would break her heart when they’d have to leave .當(dāng)他們不得不離開時(shí),她會(huì)傷心的。Break the rules 違反規(guī)則If you break the rules and get caught, you should be penalized.如果你違反規(guī)則被抓,你應(yīng)該受到懲罰。I was the first one to break the silence in my family.We have to make our own rules to break the spell.解析:spell 作名詞時(shí),可以譯為“咒語;符咒;魔法”。
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