breakaway group/party/movementLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONa breakaway group etc is formed by people who have left another group because of a disagreement 脱离原组织的集团/政党/运动
breakaway• On Friday night, he missed a breakawaydunk.• The revenue-neutral requirement was included in state law in 1992 by financially strappedcountiesworried that breakawayefforts would be money-driven.• But during this season, which has failed to turn up one bona fide breakaway hit, it seems harder than ever.• Feb. 23-Chechen nationalists plan to hold massdemonstrations in Grozny, capital of the breakawayrepublic.• McElroy has the breakawayspeed that seems to have eluded Hearst since kneesurgery during his rookie season.• The team s only work on the ground is in the relatively peacefulbreakaway states of Somaliland and Puntland.
breakaway2 noun [singular]
1a situation in which some people leave a group or organization after a disagreement and start a new group or organization 脱离,独立
breakaway from
He led a breakaway from the Communist Party.
他带头脱离了执政党。
2a change from the usual or accepted way of doing something 〔对传统方式的〕改变
breakaway from
His work marks a breakaway from traditional building styles.