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单词辨析：
强调将某件东西扯、撕或击成碎片，可以针对具体的东西，也可以指抽象事物的整体或部分被破坏。
If you break the cup, you'll have to pay for it.
如果你打碎那个茶杯，你得赔偿。
They were climbing when the ladder broke.
他们正往上爬，梯子突然断了。
The window broke into pieces.
窗上的玻璃碎了。
She broke the record in the long-jump competition.
她打破了跳远纪录。
通常指某物出现裂纹或裂成碎片，尤指为得到或使用某物内部的东西而将其砸开。
The little boy failed to crack the walnut.
小男孩没能砸开核桃。
The glass will crack if you pour hot water into it.
别往玻璃杯里倒热水，不然会烫裂杯子。
The ice began to crack at the edge.
冰块的边缘开始裂开了。
She dropped a plate and cracked it this morning.
今天早上她把一个盘子掉在地上打破了。
Crack three eggs into a bowl and mix them together.
往碗里打3个蛋，并搅拌均匀。
指较大的外力将某物压坏、压碎、压扁等。
The tree fell and crushed my car.
树倒了，把我的车压坏了。
The package was badly crushed in the post.
包裹在邮寄过程中受压而严重受损。
指（使）某物顺着直线方向裂开或撕裂。
Her coat split along the seam.
她的外套顺着接缝裂开了。
How did you split your trousers?
你怎么把裤子撕破了？
指同一物体的两部分或两者之间的空间、差别、差距等。
There is a gap in the wall.
墙上有道裂缝。
He pushed through a gap which the man was repairing.
他冲过那个人正在修补的一个缺口。
The gap between the two parties has narrowed considerably.
双方的隔阂已大大缩小。
指防护墙、堤坝等上的缺口。
There is a breach in the castle wall.
城堡墙壁上有个缺口。
The waves made a breach in the sea wall.
海浪将防波堤冲开了一个缺口。
普通用词，可指各种事物的裂隙、缺口等。
There is a break in the water pipe.
水管上有个裂口。
The moon shone through a break in the clouds.
月光透过云层的缝隙照射下来。
指墙上、窗帘接合部之间等可透过风、光线的小裂缝。
Wind came through a chink in the wall.
风从墙上的裂缝中透了进来。
Through a chink in the wall she could see a bit of the blue sky.
透过墙上的缝隙她可以看到一线蓝天。
尤指岩石等表面自然的裂缝。
He was stuck in a cleft of the rocks.
他被卡在一个岩石缝里。
He hid the message in a cleft of the stone.
他把情报藏在石头的裂缝里。
泛指放松、休息。
Let's take a rest.
让我们休息一下。
He was so tired that his wife suggested he should get some rest.
他非常累，妻子建议他休息休息。
指短暂的中止，如工作或活动之间的休息。
There is a 10-minute break between two classes.
两堂课之间有10分钟休息时间。
They worked for 18 hours without a break yesterday.
昨天他们连续工作了18个小时。
指戏剧或音乐会各场次之间的休息。
I will call you back in the interval.
幕间休息的时候我再回你电话。
There will be a 15-minute interval after the first act.
第一幕结束之后将休息15分钟。
指议会不工作的时期，或学生的课间休息。
How long is the Parliament's summer recess?
议会的夏季休会期为多久？
He always said that his favourite thing at school is recess.
他总是说他在学校最喜欢的是课间休息。
相关例句：
Hugh broke the silence. 'Is she always late?' he asked
休打破了沉默，问道：“她总是迟到吗？”
I've been waiting for the weather to break
我一直在等待着暴风雨的到来。
'I,' he finished poetically, 'will watch over you to the break of day.'
“我，”他以富有诗意的语言结尾，“将守候着你，直至晨光初露。”
He never let his jailers break him
他决不会让监狱看守们摧毁他的意志。
When the clutch broke, the car was locked into second gear
离合器失灵后，汽车只能在二挡行驶。
She broke a leg in a skiing accident
她在一次滑雪事故中摔断了一条腿。