breakdown
noun
uk/ˈbreɪk.daʊn/us/ˈbreɪk.daʊn/breakdownnoun(FAILURE)
B2[C]
afailuretoworkor besuccessful:
故障，毛病I had a breakdown(= mycarstoppedworking)in themiddleof theroad.我的汽车在半路上抛锚了。
Bothsidesblamedeach other for the breakdownoftalks.双方都指责对方导致了谈判的破裂。
See also
break down(MACHINE)
the fact of not being successful
- failureFailure is not an option.
- breakdownThe complete breakdown of local infrastructure left residents without water or electricity.
- meltdownThe markets experienced a meltdown at the news of the sale.
- collapseThe car manufacturer's collapse left the region's economy in tatters.
- failHe tried to sing the anthem, but it was an epic fail.
- The breakdown innegotiationswill beseenas astepbackwards.
- Somechildrenwere wellbroughtup,despitefamilybreakdown, headmitted.
- Animmediateeffectof thewarwas a breakdown oflawandorder.
- Hewarnedthat the breakdown of thefamilyunitwouldleadto animpoverishedsociety.
- thetraumaofmarriagebreakdown
Failures
- another/the final nail in the coffinidiom
- bloodbath
- brain freeze
- busted flush
- car crash
- flop
- foul(something)up
- freefall
- game overidiom
- hash
- lemon
- lost cause
- mess
- nail
- parody
- reversal
- slim pickings
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
breakdownnoun(DIVISION)
C2[CorU]
adivisionof something intosmallerparts:
细目；分类Weaskedfor a breakdownoftheaccidentfiguresintodaytimeandnighttime.我们要白天和夜间事故统计数字的分列明细表。
Therateof breakdown ofmuscleproteinwasassessed.肌肉蛋白质的分类比率测定统计出来了。
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- cloven
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
breakdownnoun(ILLNESS)
B2[C]
anervous breakdown
神经失常；神经衰弱Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- psychosis
- self-alienation
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome