| 单词 | broken |
| 释义 | broken (broʊkən ) 1. A2 Broken is the past participle of break. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or spaces in it. A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You can use broken to describe a marriage that has ended in divorce, or a home in which the parents of the family are divorced, when you think this is a sad or bad thing. [disapproval] She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage. Children from broken homes are more likely to leave home before the age of 18. Synonyms: failed, ruined, wrecked, unsuccessful 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If someone talks in broken English, for example, or in broken French, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they do not know the language very well. Eric could only respond in broken English. Synonyms: imperfect, halting, hesitating, stammering Idioms: a broken heart if someone has a broken heart, they feel very sad because a love affair or close relationship has ended We have all read in fiction of people dying of a broken heart, but can this happen in reality? Mary is broken-hearted and has spent many nights crying. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a broken reed [British, literary] one of the members of a group who is very weak and cannot be depended on in difficult situations They recognized that their allies were a broken reed. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: broken collarbone She had a broken collarbone and lost the sight in one eye. ST Yesterday he was taken to hospital with a suspected broken collarbone. Times, Sunday Times But he missed out on challenging for the apprentice title with a broken collarbone. The Sun You will sustain fractured ribs and a broken collarbone, and somehow this will be your fault. Times, Sunday Times If you wanted to compete with him you'd have to ride with a broken collarbone, or a fractured wrist. Times,Sunday Times It might sound like a tragic tale of broken dreams. Times, Sunday Times On one side, there are homeless people and broken dreams. Times,Sunday Times The city of fallen angels and broken dreams. The Sun The rest end on a scrapheap of broken dreams. Times, Sunday Times It also increases the number of broken dreams. Times, Sunday Times The perimeter wall was topped with shards of broken glass and coils of rusted barbed wire. THE DEVIL'S DOOR (2002) The neoprene boots come with a sturdy internal lining to stop broken glass or nails injuring a dog on patrol. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I didn't tread lightly on the broken glass but ground it in and stoked up some top grade, undiluted, sulphuric wrath. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2004) Also, cycle tracks are often narrow, poorly surfaced, littered with broken glass, interrupted by trees and street furniture, and shared with pedestrians. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I squatted to pick up the broken glass. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I come from a broken home filled with emotional chaos. Times, Sunday Times I didn't grow up in a broken home, eating only bread and water. Times, Sunday Times He whinged that a lack of education and a broken home led him into crime. The Sun He's come from a broken home. The Sun He came from a broken home. Christianity Today Having endured a series of setbacks in his rehabilitation from a broken leg and dislocated ankle joint, the forward hopes now to play his part. Times, Sunday Times (2007) No big deal, a broken leg," she said, taking back her Dixie cup. ABSOLUTE ZERO (2002) As I tried to explain it to him, his problem seemed to me legally identical to a torn rotator cuff or broken leg. FOLLOW THE SHARKS (2002) He worried about her broken leg and thought about how saddle sore she must be. STARDUST (2001) She grasped its tangled mane with both hands and sat sidesaddle upon it, her broken leg sticking out. STARDUST (2001) It's devastating yet, unlike a broken limb, can only be observed indirectly. Times, Sunday Times You'd never turn anyone away with a broken limb. The Sun Being a frequent flyer helps, and nearly two-thirds revealed that a passenger with a broken limb was more likely to get moved forward. Times, Sunday Times It can be a constant demoralising presence or a terrifying precipitous descent yet, unlike a broken limb, its effects are observable to others only indirectly. Times, Sunday Times Anyone who has had a broken limb will have seen a demonstration of this. The Sun Trying to get over her broken marriage, she immerses herself for days at a time in reading - particularly novels about unhappy love. Times, Sunday Times The same should be true of how we respond to the possibility of a broken marriage. Christianity Today She has found a new love and salvaged a friendship from a broken marriage. The Sun I'm 32 and have been through a broken marriage which lasted six months. The Sun By opposing remarriage, the synod was focussing attention on the faults and failures in a broken marriage rather than on sincere attempts to try again. Times, Sunday Times A broken neck could be no bad thing. Times, Sunday Times Cops yesterday revealed she had a broken neck and shaved head when they found her. The Sun She found her pet with a broken neck, torn liver and internal bleeding. The Sun I say after because he walked around with a broken neck for two weeks afterwards. The Sun But she's worried about my broken neck history, keeping the airway open in an emergency. Times, Sunday Times Another broken promise — and this one costs us 53million a year. The Sun Their broken promise on tuition fees, and to a much lesser extent various personal scandals, mean they can no longer rely upon people accepting this. Times, Sunday Times I seemed to be obsessed with making objects that embodied that broken promise. Christianity Today Or will that turn out to be another broken promise? The Sun Willing the ends without the means today merely becomes a broken promise tomorrow. Times, Sunday Times Eight stitches in my face, a broken tooth and more than a year of neck pain were the result. Times, Sunday Times Could it be a broken tooth? Times, Sunday Times Injuries for other competitors in wacky vehicles yesterday included broken teeth, a broken wrist, concussion and lots of damaged prides. The Sun His broken teeth become symbolic of his lack of care for himself. Times, Sunday Times This dental first aid kit allows you to temporarily fill lost fillings, fix loose caps and broken teeth until you can get to the dentist. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 不连贯的 Japanese: 壊れた |
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