break up

1. PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）分裂；（被）拆分；(使）破碎
   When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
   1. Civil war could come if the country breaks up...
      如果国家分裂就会爆发内战。
   2. There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely...
      这艘船有彻底解体的危险。
   3. Break up the chocolate and melt it...
      把巧克力弄碎，使其熔化。
   4. He broke the bread up into chunks and gave Meer a big one...
      他把面包掰成数块，给了米尔一块大的。
   5. Tanks are strongly built. It is a complicated and difficult process to break them up.
      坦克造得都很坚固，拆卸过程复杂而艰难。
2. PHR-V-RECIP （恋人）分手；（夫妻）结束关系
   If you break up with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, your relationship with that person ends.
   1. My girlfriend had broken up with me...
      我的女朋友已跟我分手了。
   2. He felt appalled by the whole idea of marriage so we broke up.
      他被结婚的想法吓住了，因此我们分了手。
3. PHRASAL VERB-ERG （婚姻关系）破裂；结束（婚姻关系）
   If a marriage breaks up or if someone breaks it up, the marriage ends and the partners separate.
   1. MPs say they work too hard and that is why so many of their marriages break up...
      国会议员们声称他们工作过于辛劳，因而导致他们当中很多人婚姻破裂。
   2. Fred has given me no good reason for wanting to break up our marriage.
      弗雷德没能给我一个想要结束我们婚姻的正当理由。
4. PHRASAL VERB-ERG 散（会）；（使）解散
   When a meeting or gathering breaks up or when someone breaks it up, it is brought to an end and the people involved in it leave.
   1. A neighbour asked for the music to be turned down and the party broke up...
      因为一个邻居要求把音乐音量调低，聚会便散了。
   2. Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration...
      警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
   3. He charged into the crowd. 'Break it up,' he shouted.
      他冲进人群，大喊道：“散开。”
5. PHRASAL VERB （学校或学生）放假
   When a school or the pupils in it break up, the school term ends and the pupils start their holidays.
   1. It's the last week before they break up, and they're doing all kinds of Christmas things.
      这是放假前的最后一周，他们正在为圣诞节作各种准备。
6. PHRASAL VERB （因信号受到干扰）声音断断续续
   If you say that someone is breaking up when you are speaking to them on a mobile telephone, you mean that you can only hear parts of what they are saying because the signal is interrupted.
   1. The line's gone; I think you're breaking up.
      掉线了；我听不清你说什么。
7. PHRASAL VERB 使（某人）失控
   If something breaks someone up, it causes them to lose control and begin to laugh or cry.
   1. Kindness breaks me up; it makes me cry.
      这关爱使我不能自制，令我失声痛哭。
8. See also: break-up

1. Many families break up because of a lack of money
   许多家庭由于缺钱而破裂。
2. Civil war could come if the country breaks up
   如果国家分裂就会爆发内战。
3. There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely
   这艘船有彻底解体的危险。
4. Break up the chocolate and melt it
   把巧克力弄碎，使其熔化。
5. He broke the bread up into chunks and gave Meer a big one
   他把面包掰成数块，给了米尔一块大的。
6. Tanks are strongly built. It is a complicated and difficult process to break them up.
   坦克造得都很坚固，拆卸过程复杂而艰难。
7. My girlfriend had broken up with me
   我的女朋友已跟我分手了。
8. He felt appalled by the whole idea of marriage so we broke up.
   他被结婚的想法吓住了，因此我们分了手。
9. MPs say they work too hard and that is why so many of their marriages break up
   国会议员们声称他们工作过于辛劳，因而导致他们当中很多人婚姻破裂。
10. Fred has given me no good reason for wanting to break up our marriage.
    弗雷德没能给我一个想要结束我们婚姻的正当理由。
11. A neighbour asked for the music to be turned down and the party broke up
    因为一个邻居要求把音乐音量调低，聚会便散了。
12. Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration
    警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
13. He charged into the crowd. 'Break it up,' he shouted.
    他冲进人群，大喊道：“散开。”
14. It's the last week before they break up, and they're doing all kinds of Christmas things.
    这是放假前的最后一周，他们正在为圣诞节作各种准备。
15. The line's gone; I think you're breaking up.
    掉线了；我听不清你说什么。
16. Kindness breaks me up; it makes me cry.
    这关爱使我不能自制，令我失声痛哭。
17. Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests
    军队使用催泪瓦斯和枪托驱散示威者。
18. I saw the police using tear gas to try and break up a crowd of demonstrators.
    我看见警察正试图用催泪弹驱散一群示威者。
19. About 100 officers in riot gear were needed to break up the fight.
    大约需要100名穿防暴服的警察前来制止这场斗殴。
20. Rubber bullets were used to break up the demonstration.
    橡皮子弹被用来驱散示威人群。
21. A unity invariably tends to break up into different parts.
    统一体总要分解为不同部分的。
22. The meeting didn't break up until noon.
    集会到中午才结束。
23. They tried to break up the meeting.
    他们企图驱散集会的人。
24. He may break up under this trouble.
    碰上这桩麻烦事，他可能会感到十分苦恼。
25. They break up the meeting.
    他们散会了。
26. The men in the garage will break up the old cars for their parts.
    汽车修理厂的工人要把那些旧车拆掉取零件。
27. The meeting didn't break up until eleven o'clock last night.
    昨晚的会议直到十一点才散。
28. When does your school break up?
    你们学校什么时候放假？
29. We break up next week.
    我们下周放假。
30. Break up the group.
    把这个组拆了。

verb

1. laugh unrestrainedly

   Synonym:    crack up

2. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

   Synonym:    decomposebreak down

3. cause to separate
   1. break up kidney stones
   2. disperse particles

   Synonym:    dispersescatter

4. break or cause to break into pieces
   1. The plate fragmented

   Synonym:    fragmentfragmentizefragmentise

5. come to an end
   1. Their marriage dissolved
   2. The tobacco monopoly broke up

   Synonym:    dissolve

6. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
   1. The decree officially dissolved the marriage
   2. the judge dissolved the tobacco company

   Synonym:    dissolve

7. close at the end of a session
   1. The court adjourned

   Synonym:    adjournrecess

8. cause to go into a solution
   1. The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water

   Synonym:    dissolveresolve

9. make a break in
   1. We interrupt the program for the following messages

   Synonym:    interruptdisruptcut off

10. release ice
    1. The icebergs and glaciers calve

    Synonym:    calve

11. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
    1. Pick open the ice

    Synonym:    pick

12. set or keep apart
    1. sever a relationship

    Synonym:    sever

13. break violently or noisily

    Synonym:    crashbreak apart

14. destroy the completeness of a set of related items
    1. The book dealer would not break the set

    Synonym:    break

15. take apart into its constituent pieces

    Synonym:    disassembledismantletake apartbreak apart

16. suffer a nervous breakdown

    Synonym:    crack upcrackcrock upcollapse

17. come apart
    1. the group broke up

18. to cause to separate and go in different directions
    1. She waved her hand and scattered the crowds

    Synonym:    dispersedissipatedispelscatter

19. discontinue an association or relation
    1. The business partners broke over a tax question
    2. The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
    3. My friend and I split up

    Synonym:    separatepartsplit upsplitbreak