Breach



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 违反; 毁坏; n.缺口;违反
• ［英］ v. 违反; 毁坏 ( break open or through) ; n.缺口 ( a broken or torn place)
• ［类］ 反义词: solder ( 焊接)
• ［记］ 来自break, 比较: bleach ( 漂白)
• ［例］ Tom breached his contract with the company.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English breche, from Old English br?c act of breaking; akin to Old English brecan to break
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard
• 2.
  • a. a broken, ruptured, or torn condition or area
  • b. a gap (as in a wall) made by battering
• 3.
  • a. a break in accustomed friendly relations
  • b. a temporary gap in continuity ; hiatus
• 4. a leap especially of a whale out of water

II. verb

• Date: 1547
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make a breach in <breach a wall>
  • 2. break, violate <breach an agreement>
• intransitive verb
  • to leap out of water <a whale breaching>

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