break away

名词 break away:

1. the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
   同义词：breakaway, breaking away

动词 break away:

1. break off (a piece from a whole)
   同义词：chip, chip off, come off, break off
2. move away or escape suddenly
   同义词：break, break out
3. interrupt a continued activity
   同义词：break
4. withdraw from an organization or communion
   同义词：secede, splinter
5. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   同义词：scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop

形容词 break away:

1. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
   同义词：breakaway, fissiparous, separatist

1. It was no use, he could not break away, so he gave up.
   这是枉费力气，他挣脱不了，所以只好作罢。
2. Can't you break away from old habits?
   你不能戒除旧习惯吗?
3. The prisoner broke away from his guards.
   囚犯从看守者手中逃脱了。
4. Jim broke away from his friends, saying "I have got to hit the books."
   吉姆离开他的朋友时，说道：“我得回去做功课了。”