broken
adj. 破損的; 傷殘的; 不連貫的; 中斷的; 中止的; 破裂的; 未履行的; 衰弱的; 筋疲力盡的; 不流利的; 凹凸不平的; 坎坷的
Broken is the past participle of break .
A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or spaces in it.
A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley.
藍色虛線代表無水流過的山谷。
You can use broken to describe a marriage that has ended in divorce, or a home in which the parents of the family are divorced, when you think this is a sad or bad thing.
She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage...
她首度談起婚姻破裂帶來的精神創傷。
Children from broken homes are more likely to leave home before the age of 18.
破裂家庭裡的孩子在18歲之前離家的可能性更大。
If someone talks in broken English, for example, or in broken French, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they do not know the language very well.
Eric could only respond in broken English.
埃裡克只能用蹩腳的英語回答。
1. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; or legally or emotionally destroyed;
2. not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly;
3. subdued or brought low in condition or status;
4. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded;
5. tamed or trained to obey;
6. topographically very uneven;
7. imperfectly spoken or written;
8. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;
9. weakened and infirm;
10. destroyed financially;
11. out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');
12. discontinuous;
13. lacking a part or parts;
Pieces of broken glass were still raining down long after it exploded.
爆炸後很久,碎玻璃片還一個勁地往下落.
He had broken into a trot.
他突然小跑起來.
Mind where you put your feet; you could step on some broken glass.
注意腳底下, 你可能會踩在碎玻璃上.
It'serves him right , he shouldn't have broken the rules.
該, 誰叫他不守紀律.
John has broken off his engagement to Mary.
約翰已和瑪麗解除了婚約.