break
1.break down 出故障，坏掉，失败，被搞垮，垮掉，情不自禁地哭起来，打倒，砸破（某物）
The telephone system has broken down.
电话系统瘫痪了。
We(=the car) broke down on the freeway.
我们的车在高速公路上瘫痪了。
Negotiations between the two sides have broken down.
双方谈判失败了。
Her health broke down under the pressure of work.
她因工作压力身体垮掉了。
He broke down and wept when he heard the news.
听到这个消息，他不禁失声痛哭。
2.break up 粉碎，破碎，结束，散开，解散，（学校）其中放假，变得虚弱，垮掉，捧腹大笑，（打移动电话的人）声音不清，拆开，打散，结束（关系等），关闭（公司等），（尤指用武力）迫使放弃，绝交，和某事终止关联，破除
The ship broke up on the rocks.
船触礁撞碎了。
Their marriage has broken up.
他们的婚姻已经破裂。
The meeting broke up at eleven o'clock.
会议在11点散会。
When do you break up for Christmas?
你们什么时候放假过圣诞节？
He was breaking up under the strain.
过度的劳累使他快要垮了。
Woody Allen makes me just break up.
伍迪·艾伦令我笑破肚皮。
The ship was broken up for scrap metal.
船被拆解成为废铁。
They decided to break up the partnership.
他们决定拆伙。
3.break through 冲破，突破，克服，战胜
Demonstrators broke through the police cordon.
示威群众冲破了警方的警戒线。
He had finally managed to break through her reserve.
他终于设法战胜了她的矜持。
4.break away (from) 突然挣脱，逃脱，脱离，背叛，甩掉
The prisoner broke away from his guards.
犯人挣脱了看守。
The people of the province wished to break away and form a new state.
该省人民希望分离成立一个新国家。
She broke away from the pack and opened up a two-second lead.
她甩开所有其他赛跑者，以两秒领先。
5.break out 突然开始，爆发，逃离，摆脱
They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939.
1939年战争爆发前不久，他们逃到了美国。
Several prisoners broke out of the jail.
几名囚犯越狱了。
6.break in 强行进入，破门而入，打断，打扰
Burglars had broken in while we were away.
我们不在家时，窃贼闯进屋里了。
She longed to break in on their conversation but didn't want to appear rude.
她很想打断他们的谈话，但又不愿显得粗鲁。
call
1.call for 接，需要，要求
I'll call for you at 7 o'clock.
我7点钟去接你。
The situation calls for prompt action.
目前的形势需要立即采取行动。
They called for the immediate release of the hostages.
他们要求立即释放人质。
2.call up 打电话给，征召入伍，选入，使回忆起
Old memories are often called up when you hear a particular song or a piece of music.
当你听到一首特别的歌或者音乐片段的时候，总是唤起你的回忆。
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