高中英语常用词组 break off


释义：

break off 折断；突然停止，暂停

例句：

Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations.

英国威胁说要断绝外交关系。



Pearl, who had enough shadow in her own little life, chose to break off all acquaintance with this repining brook.

在她小小的生命中已经有了太多的阴影的珠儿，便放弃了这条如泣如诉的小溪，不再和它交往。



My theory is that if one is doing it, all do it until the first one has the courage to break off—it's peer pressure.

我的理论是，如果有人开始做这类节目，其他人也都会做下去，直到第一个人有勇气挣脱为止——这是同行压力。



Let's break off for lunch.

我们暂停工作去吃午饭吧。



Even with skills honed by years of practice, the occasional tiny bit of a fossil will break off and end up on the floor, where it can hide out in the dust.

经过多年的磨练，她的技术已经越来越精进了，但即便如此，化石的一小部分偶尔还是会折断掉到地板上，被灰尘包裹住。



Great chunks of the ice crust, which has covered the mountains through the winter, break off and drop heavily into the thawing sea beneath.

冬日里覆盖着山脉的大块冰壳开始破裂开来，重重地跌落到山脚下正在融化的海水里。