breakdown

名词 breakdown:

1. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
   同义词：dislocation
2. a mental or physical breakdown
   同义词：crack-up
3. a cessation of normal operation
   同义词：equipment failure
4. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
   同义词：partitioning

1. Unless he stops driving himself like this he'll have a breakdown.
   他要是总这样拚命干下去是吃不消的。
2. He couldn't hold down a job after his breakdown.
   他病倒以後，工作也就保不住了。
3. His frequent depressions were the prelude to a complete mental breakdown.
   他经常抑郁寡欢，後来精神完全崩溃了。

break.down

n.（名词）

The act or process of failing to function or continue.
损坏，停止运动：不起作用或不再继续的行为或过程
The condition resulting from this:
故障：由此而致的状况：
例句：
a breakdown in communication.
通信故障

Electricity The abrupt failure of an insulator or insulating medium to restrict the flow of current.
【电学】 击穿：绝缘体或绝缘介质突然无法制止电流通过
A typically sudden collapse in physical or mental health.
衰竭：典型的身体或精神健康的突然衰弱
An analysis, an outline, or a summary consisting of itemized data or essentials.
分析，概要：一个包含逐条列出的数据或要素的分析、纲要或总结
Disintegration or decomposition into parts or elements.
分解（作用）：分解或分裂为部分或要素
A noisy, energetic American country dance.
跺脚拽步舞：一种喧闹、轻快的美国乡村舞蹈