breakdown
翻譯
故障, 崩潰, 明細, 分類
例句
We had a breakdown on the highway.
我們的車在高速公路上拋錨了。
He suffered a nervous breakdown.
他精神崩潰了。
We need a breakdown of the costs.
我們需要一份成本明細。
There was a breakdown in communication.
溝通中斷了。
文法模式
a breakdown of ((sth.)) ((某事物))的明細 We need a breakdown of the costs.
a breakdown in ((sth.)) ((某事物))的故障/中斷 There was a breakdown in communication.
to have/suffer a breakdown 發生故障/精神崩潰 We had a breakdown on the highway.
近義詞
Synonyms: failure, collapse, analysis, itemization
詞源
由動詞“break”(打破)和副詞“down”(向下)組成。指某物停止運作,好像它已經損壞並倒塌了。
記憶技巧
想像一台機器「損壞(break)」並「停機(down)」。對於「分析」的含義,可以想成將一個複雜的主題「分解(break down)」成更小的部分。