| 单词 | break off |
| 释义 | break off 1. phrasal verb B2 If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force. The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact. [VERB PARTICLE] Grace broke off a large piece of the clay. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you break off when you are doing or saying something, you suddenly stop doing it or saying it. Llewelyn broke off in mid-sentence. [VERB PARTICLE] He broke off the summit meeting before it had got properly started. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb B2 See full dictionary entry for break If someone breaks off a relationship, they end it. The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He doesn't seem to have the courage to break it off with her. [VERB noun PARTICLE + with] |
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