break off ( breaking, broke, broken, breaks )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force. 脱落; 用力移除

  例：

  The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact.

  该飞机的两个机翼因受到撞击而脱落。

  例：

  Grace broke off a large piece of the clay.

  格雷斯使劲掰掉了一大块陶土。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you break off when you are doing or saying something, you suddenly stop doing it or saying it. 突然停止

  例：

  Barry broke off in mid-sentence.

  巴里话说到一半突然停止了。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If someone breaks off a relationship, they end it. 终止 (关系)

  例：

  The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago.

  这两个西非国家两年前已终止了关系。