break even
不赚不赔;收支平衡
break in
闯入;强行进入
The burglar broke in and stole my money.
夜窃贼破门而入,偷了我的钱。
打断;插嘴
It‘s her usual habit to break in with some ideas of her own.
他常常打断别人的话来发表自己的观点。
Don‘t break in when the adventurer is telling his own story.
冒险家讲他自己的经历时,别打断他。
Children shouldn‘t break in on adults‘ conversation.
小孩子不要打断大人们的谈话。
The telephone ring broke in on/upon my thoughts.
电话铃声打断了我的思路。
训练;驯养;使(某人)熟悉工作
The engineering doctor from abroad only broke in with us last month.
从国外回来的工程博士是上个月才开始和我们一道工作的。
break into
闯入
The thieves broke into the office and stole some money.
小偷闯入办公室,偷了一些钱。
The bandits broke into the jewelry and stole near all the valuable necklaces.
土匪们闯进了珠宝店盗走了几乎所有值钱的项链。
打断;插话
突然…起来
to break into song
突然唱起歌来
The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed.
观众们爆发出一阵欢呼,醉汉鞠了一躬。
The car windows broke into pieces when the two cars crashed into each other.
两辆车相撞时车上的窗玻璃破裂成碎片。
The new waitress dropped the dish on the floor, and it broke into fragments.
新来的女服务员把菜盘子掉在地上,摔成了碎片。
勉强动用
to break into one‘s savings
勉强动用存款
break of
除去(某人的)习性
They broke him of his addiction.
他们除去他吸毒的瘾。
Doctors keep trying to break him of smoking the drug.
医生多次设法使他戒毒。
break out
逃脱;逃出
to break out of prison
越狱而逃
突然发生
Fire broke out in the kitchen.
厨房突然发生了火灾。
It was almost midnight that a fire broke out in the neighbourhood.
快半夜了这儿附近发生了火灾。
World War II broke out in 1939.
第二次世界大战是1939年爆发的。
His back broke out in spots.
他背上出现了许多斑点。
She broke out in curses in her dream.
她在梦声咒骂起来。
The fire broke out in the basement.
地下室着了火。
Hostilities have broken out between the two countries.
两国之间爆发了战争。
break through
突破
After the storm the sun broke through the clouds.
风暴过后太阳冲破了云层。
At last, those physicians and specialists broke through in their fight against heart disease.
那些内科医生和专家们终于在同心脏病的斗争中取得了突破。
The guerrillas soon broke through.
游击队很快就突围了。
break up
分裂
结束;解散
The crowd started to break up when the night fell.
天快黑时人群开始散开了。
The ice will break up when the warm weather comes.
天气转暖,冰层就会破裂。
Their marriage broke up.
他们的婚姻破裂了。
The police broke up the fighting crowd.
警察驱散了打架的人群。
He may break up under all this pressure.
在这么大的压力下他可能会崩溃。
Break it up
别打啦
The company top meeting didn‘t break up until midnight.[page]分页标题#e#
公司高层会议到半夜才结束。
The police broke up the fight among the two black gangs.
警察驱散了两个黑帮间的殴斗。
(学校)开始放假
When will you break up this winter?
今年冬季你们什么时候放假?
使发笑;逗乐;使苦恼
That joke really broke me up.
那个笑话可把我逗乐了。
bring take fetch get carry
都含“拿”、“带”、“取”的意思。
bring 指“从别处把东西或人带来”、“拿来”, 如:
He brought a new book with him.
他带来一本新书。
take 指“把东西带走或拿走”, 如:
Please take the letter to the post office.
请把这封信送到邮局去。
fetch 指“到别处去把某人或某物带来或拿来”, 如:
She has gone to fetch water.
她去打水去了。
get 是常用词, 多用于口语, 与fetch 同义, Go and get some water. 去打些水来。 carry 指“随身携带(不说明固定方向)”, 有时含有“负担”的意思, 如:
Let me carry the box for you.
请让我替你拿这个箱子。
bring about
引起; 致使; 造成; 达成
「航海」改变航向
使康复
bring along
带来
协助训练; 培养
帮助快速生长或开花
bring on
带来
协助训练; 培养
帮助快速生长或开花
bring around
使复苏; 使恢复健康
使相信; 说服; 使改变观点
顺便把(某人)带来作客
「航海」使转至相反方向
把谈话渐引到自己的话题上
bring round
使复苏; 使恢复健康
使相信; 说服; 使改变观点
顺便把(某人)带来作客
「航海」使转至相反方向
把谈话渐引到自己的话题上
bring back
回忆; 使忆起
使返回; 归还; 带回来
恢复; 还原
bring before
向……提交讨论
bring down
使落下, 使倒下, 击落
射杀; 射倒
使垮台; 使倾覆
减低; 降低
挫折(傲气)
一直记录到……
(通常与on连用)使(灾祸, 惩罚等)落在……
「数」移下
bring down on oneself
招致(他人的愤怒、惩罚)
bring forth
引起; 提出
产生; 致使; 造成
结(果); 生产(婴儿)
bring forward
提出
出示; 展示
把…提前; 使前进
「会」将前页底的总数转至次页顶
bring home to sb.
使某人确实相信; 使某人深切感到
证实(罪行等)是某人所犯
bring in
产生(利益); 赚到
介绍; 引进; 推广; 吸收参加
收割; 收获
逮捕; 宣判
[口](棒球击球员)使跑垒员得分
bring in on
准许参加; 通知
bring low
使下跌; 使恶化; 使衰落(指健康情况, 地位, 财富等)
使降低身分; 使低声下气
bring off
拯救
经营成功; 完成; 实现
孵
运走
bring on
导致; 引起; 促成; 造成
介绍登场
培养; 促进(作物等)生长
提 出供讨论
bring oneself to
奋力; 下决心
bring out
揭露; 显示, 解释; 说明
出版; 演出
使罢工
使免除
带(年轻女子)参加社交活动
使开花
说出; 暴露
诱导; 引出
bring over
使相信; 说服; 使人改变看法
把…带过来
进口; 从外国运来
bring over to
使改变立场
bring through
救活, 治愈(病人), 使脱险
bring to
使复苏
停止; 阻碍
使达到某一总数
「航海」(船)停下
bring to a pretty pass (= bring to such a pass)
把事情弄糟, 使陷入困境
bring to bear
产生影响; 加压于
瞄准; 对准
应用; 利用
完成; 实现
bring to oneself
使自己意识到, 使自己清醒过来
bring to pass
使发生; 做到; 实现
bring together
使和解
bring under
降服; 制服; 把…控制住
bring up
养育
提出
教养
使突然停止[page]分页标题[/page]
提升
开赴前线
「律」使到法庭受审
[俗]呕吐
「航海」抵达航行终点; 下锚
bring up against
使面对
bring up as far as
使上升到
calculate compute estimate
都含“计算”的意思。
calculate指“通过计算或运算以解决疑难的题目或问题 ”, 如:
calculate the velocity of light
计算光的速度。
compute 指“简单的数学计算”, 如:
compute the volume of a cylinder
计算汽缸的容积。
estimate 指根据经验、知识或判断作出估计、估算, 含有“近似、概略”之意, 如:
estimate the cost of building a house
估算造一座房子的费用。
call,visit,see这三个词都有拜访的意思。
call所表示的拜访通常不是朋友之间的,而是出于公务上或别的什么事情的需要而作的暂短,而且完成了任务或达到了目的之后便离去;call at 的宾语通常为house,office等之类的名词,或不用at,不跟宾语。 call on 的宾语通常为表示人的名词或代词。call in 表示顺路到某处或某家。
He called at every house in the street once a month…
这条街的每一户人家他每月都要一次……。
And now,madam,enough of my tragic personal history You have called on business. What can I do for you?(-Bernard Shaw)
好了,小姐,关于我的灾难性的个人历史就别再说啦你是有事来访的。你有什么事呀?肖伯纳。
I called on him yesterday,but he could not help us.
我去拜访他了,但他帮不了我们的忙。
After crossing the equator,the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted,…
过了赤道之后,船长顺路停靠了一个港口,以便装上
一个新舵…。
visit 可以表示正式的,也可用于朋友间的亲切的拜访,甚至是旅游家的参观,而时的逗留可长可短。
Yesterday I paid him a risit.
我拜访了他。
At present, they are risiting all parts of the country.
现在他正在全国各地。 /