breach

n./v.

n. 基本義：破裂，打破，打碎
a breach in Franco-German relations
法德關系破裂
引申義：1、違犯, 違背, 不履行;
It's clearly a breach of contract.
這顯然是違反了合同。
2、絕交, 毀約,不和
A trivial misunderstanding caused a breach between them.
小小的誤會引起了他們之間的不和。
3、缺口; 裂口; 傷口;
There is a breach in the wall.
墻上豁了一個口子。
v. 1、違反、違背
The government is accused of breaching the terms of the treaty.
政府被控違反條約中的規定。
2、在...打開缺口
The dam had been breached.
大壩決口了。

　
【習慣用法】
breach of prison:越獄
His breach of prison adds to his crime.
他的越獄使他罪上加罪。
breach of the peace :破壞和平，騷動，動亂
DalaiLama is responsible for breach of the peace.
*是破壞和平的罪魁禍首。
throw oneself into the breach
首當其沖、挑重擔

【背句子記單詞】
We won't have any breach of discipline.
我們不容許任何破壞紀律的現象。