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broken

/broh-kuhn/US // ˈbroʊ kən //UK // (ˈbrəʊkən) //

坏了,破损,破损的,破碎的

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : past participle of break.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : reduced to fragments; fragmented.
    • : ruptured; torn; fractured.
    • : not functioning properly; out of working order.
    • : Meteorology. being more than half, but not totally, covered by clouds.Compare scattered.
    • : changing direction abruptly: The fox ran in a broken line.
    • : fragmentary or incomplete: a broken ton of coal weighing 1,500 pounds.
    • : infringed or violated: A broken promise is a betrayal of trust.
    • : interrupted, disrupted, or disconnected: After the phone call he returned to his broken sleep.
    • : weakened in strength, spirit, etc.: His broken health was due to alcoholism.
    • : tamed, trained, or reduced to submission: The horse was broken to the saddle.
    • : imperfectly spoken, as language: She still speaks broken English.
    • : spoken in a halting or fragmentary manner, as under emotional strain: He uttered a few broken words of sorrow.
    • : split apart; not intact: a broken marriage. disunited or divided by the prolonged or permanent absence of a parent, usually due to divorce or desertion:a child from a broken home; broken families.
    • : not smooth; rough or irregular: We left the plains and rode through broken country.
    • : ruined; bankrupt: the broken fortunes of his family.
    • : Papermaking, Printing. a quantity of paper of less than 500 or 1000 sheets.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.destroyed; made into pieces from a whole
adj.not working
Synonyms
busted失败了,破产,失败,失败的defective有缺陷的,有缺陷,有瑕疵的,缺陷faulty有问题的,有缺陷的,错误的,有问题ruined破败的,破败不堪,破败不堪的,毁掉的wrecked失事的,残破的,毁坏的,残缺的disabled残疾人,残疾,残障人士,残缺的down下来,下,下来的,下降exhausted疲惫不堪,疲惫不堪的,筋疲力尽,精疲力竭gone走了,消失了,消失的,消失了的out出,出了,出的,出门shot镜头,摄,炮击,镜头下的spent用过的,已用过的,用过的东西,已用完的wracked焦头烂额,焦头烂额的,焦头烂额的人,艰难的coming unglued失恋了,开胶,失恋,脱线coming unstuck陷入困境,失败,出师不利,陷入困境的fallen apart散架了,崩溃了,分崩离析,分崩离析了feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱gone to pieces荡然无存,荡然无存了,粉身碎骨了,粉身碎骨gone to pot堕落了,变质了,堕落了的haywire乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,混乱,乱七八糟的事imperfect不完善,不完美,不完善的,不完美的in disrepair年久失修,失修,破旧不堪,失修中in need of repair需要维修,需要修理,需要维修的,需要修理的in the shop在商店里,在店内,在店里,在商店中inoperable无法操作,无法运行,不能操作,无法操作的kaput残缺不全,残废,残破的,残骸not functioning不运作,不运行,不起作用,未运行on the blink一闪一闪的,一闪一闪,眨眼之间,闪闪发光on the fritz失灵的时候,失灵了,失灵,失灵的on the shelf在货架上,在架子上,在货架上的,在架子上的out of commission停用,失业,停工,失效out of kilter不合时宜,失调,失常,不合逻辑out of order不合时宜,不合规定,不合时宜的,无序out of whack失调,失灵了,失灵,失策run-down崩溃,倒闭,崩溃的,倒闭的screwed up搞砸了,搞砸了的,错了,糟糕的是unsatisfactory不尽人意,不满意,不满意的,不尽如人意weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱

Examples

  • It’s no longer neat and clean, but rather it’s a mess of obsolete content, 404 errors, broken links, and other online debris.

  • The ichthyosaur’s fossilized body and head, while well preserved, are detached from one another, hinting that the animal may have died of a broken neck.

  • A week and a half into what has become the most widespread protests against the existing political order, you don’t see broken windows or burned-out cars.

  • Tweed traveled to the state capital Tallahassee for a drive-around rally to protest the broken system.

  • Performances have resulted in torn Achilles tendons and broken backs.

  • His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.

  • His surprise marriage to theater director Sophie Hunter may have broken hearts, but the squeals of delight were even louder.

  • A grand jury investigated but found Foster had broken no law.

  • How many husbands, wives, sons, and daughters have we lost to a broken system?

  • And besides, as a nation, we hold this truth to be self-evident:  resolutions are made to be broken.

  • In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.

  • On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.

  • Do you want the marriage of your daughter with the rich and Honourable Harry broken?

  • Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.

  • But I am afraid you would very soon get tired of us, and I ought to tell you, frankly, that our little home is to be—a broken up.