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失敗;崩潰;出故障;分解
資料來源 : WordNet®
break down
v 1: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features;
"analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a
chemical compound" [syn: {analyze}, {analyse}, {dissect},
{take apart}] [ant: {synthesize}]
2: make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down
racial discrimination" [syn: {crush}]
3: lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had
not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her
baby died, she snapped" [syn: {lose it}, {snap}]
4: stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went";
"The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke
down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The
engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went
after the accident" [syn: {fail}, {go bad}, {give way}, {die},
{give out}, {conk out}, {go}, {break}]
5: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
[syn: {decompose}, {break up}]
6: fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion";
"Negociations broke down" [syn: {crumble}, {crumple}, {tumble},
{collapse}]
7: cause to fall or collapse
8: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
[syn: {collapse}]