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
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。