a)BREAK INTO PIECESBREAKif something breaks up, or if you break it up, it breaks into a lot of small pieces (使)碎裂,(使)破裂
It seems that the plane just broke up in the air.
飞机似乎突然就在空中解体了。
break something ↔ up
Use a fork to break up the soil.
用叉子松松土。
b)SEPARATESEPARATE break something ↔ up to separate something into several smaller parts 分拆,分解
There are plans to break the company up into several smaller independent companies.
有计划要把这家公司分拆成几家独立的小公司。
You need a few trees and bushes to break up the lawn.
你需要种些树和灌木把草坪分隔开来。
c)FIGHTSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENING break something ↔ up to stop a fight 阻止〔打斗〕
Three policemen were needed to break up the fight.
有要三名警察才能制止这场斗殴。
d)break something ↔ up to make people leave a place where they have been meeting or protesting 驱散〔集会或抗议的人群〕
Government soldiers broke up the demonstration.
政府军驱散了示威人群。
Police moved in to break up the meeting.
警察进来驱散集会。
e)MARRIAGE/ORGANIZATIONFINISH/COME TO AN ENDif a marriage, group of people, or relationship breaks up, the people in it separate and do not live or work together anymore 〔婚姻或关系〕破裂;〔团体〕散伙
He lost his job and his marriage broke up.
他丢了工作,婚姻也破裂了。
The couple broke up last year.
这对情侣去年分手了。
Many bands break up because of personality clashes between the musicians.
break with• I never said a word about my decision to break up with her.• When his girlfriendreturns, he breaks up with her.• The meeting broke up withmixedfeelings, but after a few days it became clear that we were in business.• A further conference at La Ferté-Bernard in July 1168 met in an atmosphere of mutualsuspicion and broke up with nothing achieved.• He'd broken up withPat but ... he was always talking about her.• The fights in Seattle were broken up withpepperspray when as many as 4,000 people crowded into the streets.• I'd just broken up with some one else.
break for• The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up forscrap.• They must never be broken up forshort-termgain. 3.• Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time.
break up phrasal verb ⇨disperse (a meeting breaks up)⇨divide1 (clouds break up)⇨divorce (break up with your girlfriend/boyfriend)⇨smash (The ships broke up on the rocks.)