breakdown

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六级考研托福雅思

n. a mental or physical breakdown
n. a cessation of normal operation
n. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

n. 崩溃, 故障
[化] 事故; 击穿

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BNC 频率

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使用频率

break 意为“打破”，down 意为“向下”。结合起来，breakdown 可以理解为“向下打破”，即某物的崩溃或故障。

例句

1. The car had a breakdown on the way to the beach.

车在去海滩的路上发生了故障。

2. She felt overwhelmed and had a breakdown after the exam.

考试后她感到不堪重负，发生了情绪崩溃。

3. We need to analyze the breakdown of the project's costs.

我们需要分析一下项目成本的详细分解。