释义 |
break with1Quarrel or cease relations with (someone): he had broken with his family long before...- When they decided this, I made my decision to make a break with the National Health Service.
- He openly broke with Lee when he defined China-Taiwan relations as ‘state-to-state’.
- For the most part this involved a decisive break with old Labour.
1.1Act in a way that is not in accordance with (a custom or tradition): institutions which are dynamically prepared to break with tradition...- The Community Games broke with tradition in holding a cross country event where boys and girls competed in the same race.
- He broke with tradition when he embarked on a theatrical career.
- The musical broke with tradition: there was no chorus and precious little plot.
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