broken-down

['brəukən'daun]

adj. 衰弱的, 损毁的, 不能用的

例句与用法：

She's just broken up with her boy-friend.

她刚与男朋友绝交。

The ship was broken up for scrap metal.

这艘船拆毁了当废铁用。

Sentences can be broken up into clauses.

句子可分成分句。

The Government has broken up the large private estates.

政府把大片的私人地产分割开。

Police were called in to break up the meeting.

出动了警察将集会驱散。

Police had to break up the crowd.

警察不得不驱散人群。

The police had to employ force to break up the crowd.

警察不得不使用武力驱散人群。

详细释义：

a.

1. 坏了的; 出了毛病的

2. 衰弱的