break through phrasal verbphr v a) ATTACK break through (something) to manage to get past or through something that is in your way 冲破(某物),突破(某物) Several demonstrators broke through the barriers despite warnings from the police. 有几名游行示威者不顾警方警告,冲破了路障。
After hours of fierce fighting, rebels broke through and captured the capital. 经过数小时的激战,叛军突破防线,占领了首都。
b) SHOW/LET somebody SEE something break through (something) if the sun breaks through, you can see it when you could not see it before because there were clouds 〔太阳〕冲破(云层) The sun broke through at around lunch time. 大约午饭时分,太阳破云而出。
The sun soon broke through the mist. 不久,太阳拨开云雾出来了。
c) DEAL WITHto manage to do something successfully when there is a difficulty that is preventing you 突破,有突破 He’s a very talented young actor who’s just ready to break through. 他是一名天赋很高、正待破茧而出的青年演员。
into It is possible that at this election some of the minority parties might succeed in breaking through into parliament. 在这次选举中,可能会有一些少数党派成功杀入议会。
→ breakthroughbreak through (something)• He admits to usually having a serious look on his face, though an occasional smile breaks through.• The students' problems are often of long standing, and it may take a long time to break through.• Yet the drama and the dramatic personality still insistently break through.• The Phillies broke through an inning later against reliever Jim Bruske.• And as Mitchell broke through he was felled by Richard Walker.• The ability of a new church to break through prejudice is a second, more pragmatic reason for planting churches today.• But the report said few secondary schools advertised at less than £60,000, and primary headships had broken through the £50,000 barrier.• One way of breaking through the barriers you may have put up to appreciating yourself fully is to play Boast.
break through (something)• He admits to usually having a serious look on his face, though an occasional smile breaks through.• The students' problems are often of long standing, and it may take a long time to break through.• Yet the drama and the dramatic personality still insistently break through.• The Phillies broke through an inning later against reliever Jim Bruske.• And as Mitchell broke through he was felled by Richard Walker.• The ability of a new church to break through prejudice is a second, more pragmatic reason for planting churches today.• But the report said few secondary schools advertised at less than £60,000, and primary headships had broken through the £50,000 barrier.• One way of breaking through the barriers you may have put up to appreciating yourself fully is to play Boast.