| 单词 | break up |
| 释义 | break upverb (adverb) 1. to separate or cause to separate 2. to put an end to (a relationship) or (of a relationship) to come to an end 3. to dissolve or cause to dissolve; disrupt or be disrupted the meeting broke up at noon 4. (intransitive) British (of a school) to close for the holidays 5. (intransitive) (of a person making a telephone call) to be inaudible at times, owing to variations in the signal you're breaking up 6. informal to lose or cause to lose control of the emotions the news of his death broke her up 7. slang to be or cause to be overcome with laughter noun break-up 8. a separation or disintegration 9. Canadian a. in the Canadian north, the breaking up of the ice on a body of water that marks the beginning of spring b. this season break-up(ˈbreɪkˌʌp) noun separation or disintegration This caused the break-up of the coalition. the break-up of British Rail for privatization She had no wish to preside over the break-up of the Conservative party. All marriage break-ups are traumatic. Since the break-up of his marriage he had not formed any new relationships. a marital break-up |
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