broken

adjective

/ˈbrəʊkən/

Idioms

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damaged

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that has been damaged or injured; no longer whole or working correctly

a broken window/plate
a broken leg/arm/bone
pieces of broken glass
How did this dish get broken?
The TV's broken.
They opened the bag and found a broken bottle.

promise/agreement

[usually before noun] not kept

Voters are disillusioned with the government's broken promises.

relationship

[usually before noun] ended or destroyed

a broken marriage/engagement

not continuous

[usually before noun] not continuous; interrupted or disturbed

a night of broken sleep
a single broken white line across the road

person

[only before noun] made weak and tired by illness or difficulties

He was a broken man after the failure of his business.

Topics Feelingsc1

language

[only before noun] (of a language that is not your own) spoken slowly and with a lot of mistakes; not fluent

to speak in broken English

ground

having a rough surface

an area of broken, rocky ground

Idioms

like a broken record

(British English also like a stuck record)

in a way that keeps repeating a statement or opinion in an annoying way
- I hate sounding like a broken record, but I have to say again, we must do more to help.

单词	broken
释义	broken adjective /ˈbrəʊkən/ /ˈbrəʊkən/ Idioms jump to other results damaged enlarge image that has been damaged or injured; no longer whole or working correctly a broken window/plate a broken leg/arm/bone pieces of broken glass How did this dish get broken? The TV's broken. They opened the bag and found a broken bottle. see also broken heart Extra Examples The UN system is broken beyond repair. His front tooth was broken in half. One of her patients was a cat with a badly broken leg. Topics Illnessa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be get adverb badly See full entry promise/agreement [usually before noun] not kept Voters are disillusioned with the government's broken promises. relationship [usually before noun] ended or destroyed a broken marriage/engagement see also broken home not continuous [usually before noun] not continuous; interrupted or disturbed a night of broken sleep a single broken white line across the road person [only before noun] made weak and tired by illness or difficulties He was a broken man after the failure of his business. Topics Feelingsc1 language [only before noun] (of a language that is not your own) spoken slowly and with a lot of mistakes; not fluent to speak in broken English ground having a rough surface an area of broken, rocky ground Idioms like a broken record (British English also like a stuck record) in a way that keeps repeating a statement or opinion in an annoying way I hate sounding like a broken record, but I have to say again, we must do more to help. broken verb /ˈbrəʊkən/ /ˈbrəʊkən/ jump to other results past participle of break
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