Etymologically some sources at least believe that the word brick is related to the word break and that originally bricks were not whole units but broken pieces.

至少从词源学上的信息我们相信，brick这个词和词汇break相关，最初砖块的概念不是整体而是碎片。

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The boat was not a wreck, but had been deliberately discarded, dismantled and broken.

这艘船不是失事的残骸，而是被人故意丢弃、拆卸和损坏的。

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The force that he used should have broken all my ribs, but when he let me go, I was unharmed and I laughed.

他用了那么大的力气应该足以折断我所有的肋骨，但是当他把我放开的时候，我没有受伤反而笑了。

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But if the person who won your heart does not love you, then you are sure to have a broken heart.

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Well, the initially tempting thing to say is not only aren't you broken, but you're actually engaged in P-functioning.

首先要说的会是,不仅你没有被破坏，还有确实,拥有人格功能性。

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But nobody says, "Arrest that man, he has broken his debt; he's not performing his debt to the community."

他们不会说,"逮捕他,他违背了他的义务,他没有对他的集体履行义务"

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Taking a second sheet of paper and a roll of Scotch tape, he taped his scene together, but broken: a Cubist vision of Highway 49.

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The driver of the train, which collided with wagons carrying cement, was quickly blamed, but broken brakes and a weak engine were also at fault.

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Third, the political system has all but broken down, as the government itself tacitly admits when it argues that an election would not solve Thailand's problems.

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