break down
phrasal verbwithbreakverbuk/breɪk/us/breɪk/broke|broken
(MACHINE)
B2
If amachineorvehiclebreaksdown, itstopsworking:
（机器或车辆）出故障Ourcarbrokedown and we had topushit off theroad.我们的汽车抛锚了，我们只好把它推到路旁。
to break down
- break downThe lift has broken down again.
- stop workingI don’t understand it - my phone just stopped working.
- crashWhen a computer crashes, you reboot.
- failThe train’s brakes failed, causing it to derail.
- Theschoolbusbrokedown and had to betowedto thenearestgarage.
- Oh no - hasyourwashingmachinebrokendown again?
- I'mworriedthat hiscarhasbrokendown, orworsestill, that he's had anaccident.
- If thecentralheatingbreaksdown again, I willrefusetopaytherepairbill.
- Ourdishwasherbrokedown just amonthafter theguaranteehadexpired.
Machines - not functioning
- act
- break
- brokenness
- brownout
- burn out
- conk
- conk out
- cut
- cutsomethingout
- DDoS
- defective
- dysfunction
- fritz
- idle
- incapacitate
- shot
- shudder to a haltidiom
- shutdown
- stall
- temperamentally
(COMMUNICATION)
If asystem,relationship, ordiscussionbreaksdown, itfailsbecause there is aproblemordisagreement.
（系统或关系）崩溃，瓦解；（讨论）失败Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- cure
- jacksomethingin
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- stanch
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
(CRY)
to beunabletocontrolyourfeelingsand tostarttocry:
（情绪）崩溃；忍不住哭了起来When we gave her thebadnews, shebrokedown andcried.当我们告诉她这个坏消息时，她忍不住哭了起来。
to cry
- cryShe skinned her knee and began to cry.
- weepMy lady, why do you weep?
- cry your eyes outOur children cried their eyes out when our dog ran way.
- sob your heart outShe waved goodbye to her parents, then went to the gate and sobbed her heart out.
- cry bucketsEvery time I watch that film, I just cry buckets at the ending.
- bawlI bawled when I found out I didn't win the prize.
Weeping and crying
- bawl
- blubber
- boohoo
- bucket
- burst out laughing/cryingidiom
- crier
- crocodile tears
- have a sookidiom
- lachrymose
- mewl
- mewling
- mist (something) over/up
- tearsomethingup
- teardrop
- tearful
- tearfully
- tearfulness
- teary
- waterworks
- weep