break down有哪些意思？
Break down 有五種意義
中文翻譯
故障、壞掉
分解
談話或關係崩壞、瓦解
情緒爆發、崩潰
打破藩籬、消除歧見
例句
The car broke down yesterday. 車昨天壞了
The food in my stomach is broken down by the enzyme. 我胃裏的食物在被酶分解
The talks broke down entirely after he walked out. 在他走出去之後，談話完全無法進行下去。
After hearing the news, she broke down and cried in public. 聽過消息之後，她大庭廣衆之下崩潰大哭。
The goal of this partnership is to break down trade barriers. 這個合作的目的是打破交易的藩籬。
Break down 解釋以及用法
Break down 大致上就是壞了或分解的意思。以下是幾種常見的用法。
The car broke down this morning.（過去式）今早車壞了
I am going to break down this wall. 我要把這面牆拆了。
She is going through a mental breakdown right now. 她的精神崩潰了。
He is breaking up with his girlfriend. 他要跟他的女朋友分手了。
基本上有 ’break‘ 這個字就跟分解，壞掉，分開有關。剩下的就看整體句子的補充了。
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分解（短語動詞）
含義：分開，在機械上、溝通上、系統上或程序上失敗
例子：
我的車壞了很多！
他精神崩潰了。
溝通很早就中斷了。
Fēnjiě (duǎn yǔ dòngcí)
hányì: Fēnkāi, zài jīxiè shàng, gōutōng shàng, xìtǒng shàng huò chéngxù shàng shībài
lìzi:
Wǒ de chē huàile hěnduō!
Tā jīngshén bēngkuìle.
Gōutōng hěn zǎo jiù zhōngduànle.
break down
[break down]
DEFINITION
(of a machine or motor vehicle) suddenly cease to function:
"his van broke down"
synonyms:
stop working · cease to work/function · go wrong · seize up · give out · develop a fault
(of a relationship, agreement, or process) cease to continue; collapse:
"pay negotiations with management broke down"
synonyms:
fail · collapse · come to nothing · founder · fall through · come to grief · be unsuccessful · not succeed · disintegrate
lose control of one's emotions when in a state of distress:
"the old woman broke down in tears"
break down【機械壞掉】或【人崩潰】
主詞是【機器、車子】，語意翻為【壞掉、拋錨】
We didn't make it to the party because our car broke down.
我們沒辦法趕到派對，因為我們的車拋錨了。
主詞是【人】，語意翻為【崩潰】
Being under a lot of pressure, she broke down in the end.
壓力很大，她最後崩潰了。
break down 本身是動詞片語
表示『機械類的東西故障了』
例句: My car broke down again! 我車子又故障了！
** break 過去式變化為 broke 過去分詞變化為. broken
亦可以表示『情緒崩潰』
例句：She broke down when she got the news. 當她收到消息時她情緒崩潰了。
補充諺語『break down barriers 打破藩籬』
例句：It is important to break down barriers before our next discussion. 在下一個討論進行之前，先打破藩籬是很重要的！
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Peter的車昨天在高速公路上壞掉了。
Sam 聽到他的好朋友的死訊之後就情緒崩潰了。
Answers
Peter's car broke down on a motorway yesterday.
Sam broke down after he learned about his best friend's death.
註 motorway 高速公路（英）freeway （美）
learn about sth. 聽到（消息）