| 单词 | break someone in |
| 释义 | break-in noun[C] uk/ˈbreɪk.ɪn/us/ˈbreɪk.ɪn/anoccasionwhen abuildingisenteredillegallyby acriminalorcriminals, usually bydamagingawindowordoor,especiallyinordertostealsomething Stealing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Arriving, entering and invading break in| American Dictionarybreak-in noun[C] us/ˈbreɪkˌɪn/thecrimeofenteringabuildingbydamagingadoororwindow, usually inordertosteal: After the break-in, weinstalleda newsecuritysystem. break sb in| Business EnglishExamplesofbreak someone inbreak someone in She had had abreak-in, hated being on her own and wanted to move to somewhere where she would be looked after. From theCambridge English Corpus The top trace was recorded uponbreak-in, and the lower traces were obtained 25 s and 38 s later. From theCambridge English Corpus Cells were included in the study only if there was a very tight seal on the soma with no leak prior tobreak-in. From theCambridge English Corpus The guard who falls asleep at his post is responsible for thebreak-in, even though the burglar is also, indeed primarily, responsible. From theCambridge English Corpus The book should appeal to students following a first course in control systems requiring a gentlebreak-into the subject. From theCambridge English Corpus Sometimes it is going to be confronted with very big news—abreak-inin its own area, a plane crash, a train crash, a riot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The liability would arise in this way: a burglary, or abreak-incould, indeed would, occur in private premises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They included abreak-inat an electricity station, resulting in the black-out of hundreds of homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One would never expect them to visit the scene of a housebreak-in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, a singlebreak-incould involve three offences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People on estates are victims of some of the worst vandalism,break-inrates and consequences of drug dealing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He told me that when there is abreak-inthe first question invariably is: who checked the premises? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Any incident ofbreak-inis always referred to the police for investigation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The advantage of nuclears to the defender arises only before thebreak-in, but in this case there is nothing tobreakin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Especially at risk are the elderly, who find abreak-inparticularly traumatic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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