When Abraham Lincoln was elected President, the southern states broke away and formed a new nation.

当亚伯拉罕·林肯当选为总统时，南部州脱离出去，成立了一个新的国家。

He decided to break away from home after graduation.

毕业后，他决定离开家。

He grabbed her, but she managed to break away from him.

他抓住了她，可她设法挣脱了。

On my way to the station my car broke down.

去车站的路上，我的车坏了。

Her health broke down under the pressure of work.

她的身体在工作压力下垮掉了。

He broke down as he thought of his failure to sell all his newspapers.

想到没卖掉所有的报纸，他禁不住哭了起来。

Talks between the two sides have broken down.

双方的谈判破裂了。

Each lesson is broken down into several units.

每一课都分成几部分。

Getting young people together will help to <b>break down</b> the <b>barriers</b> between them.

把年轻人聚集起来可以帮助他们消除彼此之间的隔阂。

“I didn’t do it!” she broke in.

她插嘴说：“我没干那事！”

Burglars had broken in when we were away.

我们外出的时候，窃贼闯进了家中。

His house was broken into last night.

昨晚有人闯入他的房子。

break into cheers / laughter / tears

突然欢呼/大笑/哭起来

He broke off speaking to answer the telephone.

他中断了谈话去接电话。

The back part of the plane broke off.

飞机的后部折断了。

Wesley broke off with his girlfriend.

卫斯理和他的女朋友断绝了关系。

Does everyone know what to do if a fire breaks out?

大家都知道发生火灾时该怎么办吗？

When World War I broke out, he seemed to have become another man, downhearted.

第一次世界大战爆发时，他似乎变成了另一个人，变得非常消沉。

The sun broke through at around lunchtime.

午饭时分，太阳破云而出。

Our soldiers quickly broke through the enemy’s defence works.

我军战士很快突破了敌军的防御工事。

The water was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning.

水面上覆盖着冰，这些冰有时会突然破碎。

I'm surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have broken up.

听到苏和保罗分手了我很惊讶。

They decided to break up the partnership.

他们决定结束合作关系。

The band broke up (in) about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s.

乐队在1970年前后解散了，但幸运的是，到20世纪80年代中期他们又组合起来。

break the company up into several smaller ones

把公司分拆成几家小公司

The police came running and broke up the crowd.

警察跑过来把人群驱散了。