| 释义 |
Noun: breakdown 'breyk`dawn- The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
"his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
- dislocation - A mental or physical breakdown
- crack-up - A cessation of normal operation
"there was a power breakdown"
- equipment failure - An analysis into mutually exclusive categories
- partitioning
Verb: break down breyk dawn- Make ineffective
"Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
- crush - Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
- analyze [N. Amer], analyse [Brit, Cdn], dissect, take apart - Lose control of one's emotions
- lose it, snap - Stop operating or functioning
"The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
- fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break - Fall apart
"Negotiations broke down"
- crumble, crumple, tumble, collapse - Cause to fall or collapse
- Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- decompose, break up - Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- collapse
Derived forms: broke down, breakdowns, breaks down, breaking down See also: break Type of: act, alter, analysis, analytic thinking, behave, break, bust, change, change integrity, collapse, disruption, do, failure, get, have, modify, perturbation, prostration, separate, suffer, sustain Encyclopedia: Breakdown |