A deal for November elections broke down after protest leaders demanded government leaders face charges for the violent clashes.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

It was Yahweh who broke down the walls of Jericho.

是耶和华拆毁了耶利哥的城墙。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Can we say why it broke down?

我们能解释为什么它会分裂么

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The Washington-backed talks broke down in July, after interim leaders refused to allow Mr.Zelaya to return to office.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Now, you know, when we've got our deterministic hats on, we think to ourselves, "There's got to be some underlying causal explanation, some feature about the break-down atoms that explains why they broke down and that was missing from the non-break-down atoms that explains why they don't break down.

现在,你知道,当我们用决定论的观点去分析这个问题时,我们自己寻思着,这背后一定有某种具有,因果关系的解释,某种关于分裂原子的特性,能解释为什么它们分裂了,而由于这种特性不存在于未分裂的原子,因而解释了它们为什么不能分裂

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The researchers broke down the data into race,income and locale and they found even greater differences.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

But negotiations broke down last year over Pyongyang's refusal to accept a verification plan for the declaration it made of it nuclear holdings and activities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Republican Senator Bob Corker, who was involved in bipartisan negotiations before the talks broke down, said the plan faces a tough fight in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Talks with creditors broke down late Wednesday after more than 40 investment funds rejected Treasury's offer to retire $6.9 billion of Chrysler debt in exchange for $2.2 billion in cash.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

After six Eurostar trains broke down in or near the tunnel that runs under the English Channel, the system has been suspended while engineers troubleshoot the electrical problems thought to have been brought on by condensation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

The U.S.military has also announced it is investigating an accusation made by a Swedish charity that American troops last week broke down doors and tied up staff members while searching for insurgents at a hospital in Wardak province.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The Confederate line broke. Southern soldiers threw down their guns and ran for their lives.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

Later,the crust pulled apart. The area between the mountains broke and fell down.

VOA: special.2010.01.04