bust /bʌst/ CET6 TEM4 ( busting, busted, busts )

• 1. 

  V-T If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used. 打碎 [非正式]

  例：

  They will have to bust the door to get him out.

  他们将不得不砸碎门把他弄出来。

• 2. 

  V-T If someone is busted, the police arrest them. 逮捕 [非正式] [usu passive]

  例：

  They were busted for possession of cannabis.

  他们因持有大麻而被逮捕。

• 3. 

  V-T If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal. 突袭 [非正式]

  例：

  Police busted an underground network of illegal sports gambling.

  警察突袭了一个非法体育赌博的地下网络。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Bust is also a noun. 突袭行动

  例：

  Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.

  上周在巴拿马最大的毒品突袭行动中收缴了6吨可卡因。

• 5. 

  ADJ A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down. 破产的 [非正式]

  例：

  It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.

  帮助破产银行摆脱困境的大部分费用将由纳税人支付。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down. 倒闭 [非正式]

  例：

  ...a Swiss company which went bust last May.

  …去年5月倒闭的一家瑞士公司。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person. 半身像

  例：

  ...a bronze bust of Thomas Jefferson.

  …一座托马斯·杰斐逊的半身铜像。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT You can use bust to refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size. (女性的) 胸部

  例：

  Good posture helps your bust look bigger.

  好的姿势可以使你的胸部看起来更丰满。