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breakdown

noun
 
🔊/ˈbreɪkdaʊn/
🔊/ˈbreɪkdaʊn/
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  1.  
    [countable] an occasion when a vehicle or machine stops working（车辆或机器的）故障，损坏
    • a breakdown on the motorway在高速公路上出的故障
    • a breakdown recovery service车辆抢修服务
    • Most breakdown services give priority to women travelling alone.大多数故障救险组织优先救援独自旅行的女性。
    • The national breakdown organizations are on hand to help motorists 24 hours a day.全国维修故障机构全天24小时为驾车者服务。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc1, Engineeringc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • mechanical
    breakdown + verb
    • occur
    breakdown + noun
    • service
    • truck
    • vehicle
    • …
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  2.  
    [countable, uncountable] a failure of a relationship, discussion or system（关系）破裂；（讨论、系统）失败
    • The only ground for divorce is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.离婚的唯一理由是婚姻破裂，不可挽回。
    • marriage breakdown婚姻破裂
    • There has obviously been a breakdown in communications between the two sides.双方之间的交流显然已经中断。
    • The breakdown of the negotiations was not unexpected.谈判的失败是预料之中的事。🔊🔊
    • the breakdown of law and order治安陷入瘫痪
    Extra Examples
    • A growing proportion of children are affected by family breakdown.越来越多的孩子受到家庭破裂的影响。
    • Marital breakdown can be followed by debt problems.婚姻破裂后可能会出现债务问题。
    • There seems to be a complete breakdown in law and order.治安似乎完全陷入瘫痪。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • serious
    • complete
    • irretrievable
    • …
    verb + breakdown
    • cause
    • lead to
    • prevent
    • …
    preposition
    • breakdown in
    • breakdown of
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  3.  
    [countable, usually singular] detailed information that you get by studying a set of figures数字细目；分类
    • First, let's look at a breakdown of the costs.我们首先看一下成本的详细数字。🔊🔊
    • Please provide us with a breakdown of expenditure by department.请给我们一份各部门开支的明细表。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • detailed
    • full
    • cost
    • …
    verb + breakdown
    • prepare
    • give somebody
    • provide (somebody with)
    • …
    preposition
    • breakdown by
    • breakdown of
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  4. [uncountable] (specialist) the process of a substance breaking into the parts of which it is made分解
    • the breakdown of proteins in the digestive system蛋白质在消化系统中的分解
  5. [countable]
    (also nervous breakdown)
    a period of mental illness in which somebody becomes very depressed, anxious and tired, and cannot deal with normal life精神崩溃
    • She's still recovering from her breakdown.她精神崩溃后还在恢复中。🔊🔊
    Topics Illnessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • emotional
    • mental
    • nervous
    • …
    verb + breakdown
    • have
    • suffer
    phrases
    • the brink of a nervous breakdown
    • the edge of a nervous breakdown
    • the verge of a nervous breakdown
    • …
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