broken

adjective
🔊/ˈbrəʊkən/
🔊/ˈbrəʊkən/
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    damaged受损

  1. that has been damaged or injured; no longer whole or working correctly破损的;伤残的;残缺的;出了毛病的
    • a broken window/plate破碎的窗玻璃/盘子
    • a broken leg/arm/bone腿/手臂/骨头骨折
    • pieces of broken glass玻璃碎片
    • How did this dish get broken?这个盘子是怎么打破的?🔊🔊
    • The TV's broken.电视机坏了。🔊🔊
    • They opened the bag and found a broken bottle.他们打开袋子,发现一个破瓶子。
    see also broken heart
    Extra Examples
    • The UN system is broken beyond repair.联合国系统已无法修复。
    • His front tooth was broken in half. 他的前牙被折成两半。
    • One of her patients was a cat with a badly broken leg.她的一位病人是一只猫,腿严重骨折。
    Topics Illnessa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • get
    adverb
    • badly
    See full entry
  2. promise/agreement诺言;协定

  3. [usually before noun] not kept被违背的;未履行的
    • Voters are disillusioned with the government's broken promises. 选民对政府的诺言感到幻灭。
  4. relationship关系

  5. [usually before noun] ended or destroyed终止了的;破坏了的
    • a broken marriage/engagement破裂的婚姻;解除了的婚约
    see also broken home
  6. not continuous不连续

  7. [usually before noun] not continuous; interrupted or disturbed不连续的;间断的;被打扰的
    • a night of broken sleep睡得不踏实的一夜
    • a single broken white line across the road横穿马路的一条断断续续的白线
  8. person

  9. [only before noun] made weak and tired by illness or difficulties衰弱的;精疲力竭的
    • He was a broken man after the failure of his business.生意失败后他变得心灰意懒。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc1
  10. language语言

  11. [only before noun] (of a language that is not your own非母语) spoken slowly and with a lot of mistakes; not fluent说得结结巴巴的;不流利的
    • to speak in broken English说着一口结结巴巴的英语
  12. ground地面

  13. having a rough surface凹凸不平的;坎坷的
    • an area of broken, rocky ground崎岖、多岩石的地区
Idioms
like a broken record
(British English also like a stuck record)
  1. in a way that keeps repeating a statement or opinion in an annoying way被违背的;未履行的
    • I hate sounding like a broken record, but I have to say again, we must do more to help.我讨厌听起来像是破唱片,但是我不得不再次说,我们必须做更多的帮助。

broken

verb
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  1. past participle of break