breakaway
noun[C]
uk/ˈbreɪ.kə.weɪ/us/ˈbreɪ.kə.weɪ/anactofseparatingfrom agroup,especiallybecause ofdisagreement:
(尤指意见分歧导致的)脱离Thesportsassociationacceptedtheinevitabilityof a breakaway by theeliteclubs.体育协会接受了精英俱乐部将脱离协会这一不可避免的事实。
The breakawaygroupformeda newpoliticalparty.脱离出去的团体组建了新的政党。
sportsspecialized
in thesportofcycleracing(=racingonbicycles), arideror asmallgroupofridersthat goesaheadof themaingroupandtriestokeepat adistancefrom it, or anoccasionwhen thishappens:
Thepelotonusuallycatchesthe breakaway before thefinishline.
Withoutradiocontact, if agroupbreaksaway from thepelotontheridersusually don'tknowwho isin thebreakaway.
There was a breakawayshortlybefore the firstclimb.
Solo breakaways arealmostneversuccessful.
The breakawayriderswerefarenoughaheadto havehopesof awin.
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sportsspecialized
in manyteamsportssuch asfootball,basketball, andhockey, theactionofrunningormovingaheadof all the otherplayerstowards thegoal:
Hescoredon a breakaway.
They have some goodplayersnow who are veryfaston the breakaway.
Soonafterwardsshescoredanotherbrilliantbreakawaygoal.
- Thecountryexperiencedaseriesofregionalconflictsand breakaways.
- One morecrisisor breakaway and thepartycould befinished.
- Retakingcontrolof the breakawayregionswas hispriority.
- What are they going to do—starttheirown breakawayreligion?
- Many of thepeopleon thelistwerepartof the breakawayfaction.
- Mostridersin thepelotonusually don'tknowwho is in the breakaway.
- Teamsdefendingtheyellowjerseywill usually devoteriderstochasingdown breakaways.
- Theirseniorguardscoreda breakawaybasketto put histeamontop.
- Theteamwereforcedto rely on breakawayrunsfromtheirstarforward.
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- divide/split(something)down the middleidiom
- fracture
- hive
- parcel
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- pullsomething/someoneapart
- unravel
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