大学专业英语.ppt

comparison Road Street Avenue Boulevard Lane Alley Thoroughfare Expressway freeway broken Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured: 断了的，破碎了的：用力分成两个或更多块的；骨折的： a broken arm; broken glass. Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents: 破裂的：由父母离婚、分居、父母双方或其中一方遗弃而造成分离的： children from broken homes; a broken marriage. Having been violated: 被违背的： a broken promise. Incomplete: a broken set of books. Being in a state of disarray; disordered: 杂乱无序的状态；不整齐的： troops fleeing in broken ranks. Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous:断断续续的；不连续的： a broken cable transmission. Varying abruptly, as in pitch: 突变的，如音高： broken sobs. Spoken with gaps and errors: 讲话不流利且错误的： broken English. Topographically rough; uneven: 地形崎岖的；不平坦的： broken terrain. Subdued totally; humbled: 被完全制服了的；颓丧的： a broken spirit. Weakened and infirm: 衰竭的，虚弱的： broken health. Crushed by grief: 由于悲伤而心碎的： died of a broken heart. Not functioning; out of order: a broken washing machine. break,crack,fracture,burst,split,splinter,shatter,shiver,smash Break is the most general and like the other members of the set implies either the sudden application of force or the build-up of internal stress: a window broken by vandals; broke her leg; a delicate chair that will break under a great weight. crack is to break, often with a sharp snapping sound, without dividing into parts: I cracked the platter when I knocked it against the table. The foundation of the house cracked during the earthquake. The soil cracked from the drought. Fracture applies to a break or crack in a rigid body: fractured her skull in the accident; a vertebra that fractured in the fall. Burst implies a sudden coming apart, especially from internal pressure, and the dispersion of contents: The child burst the balloon with a pin.。 Her appendix burst. Split refers to a division into sections longitudinally or along the direction of the grain: split the log with an ax; frost that caused th