在第三課的第一講中，我們學到了一個詞匯：break up。今天，我們就來學習和Break Up同義的表述法。

1. 原味表述：break it off

解析：to end (a relationship, association, etc) （結束關系）

例句：He said at length, rather wearily, "We'd better break it off. "

最后他消沉地說：“我們還是吹了吧。

Mary broke it off with Bob for years.

Mary 和Boh斷絕關系多年了。

2. 原味表述：split up

解析：To cause a romantic couple to end their relationship, or to end up their relationship. （使......分手，分手，使......離婚，離婚）

例句：Who told you that Mary and I had split up?

誰告訴你瑪麗和我已經斷絕關系了？

My mom's gambling issues very nearly split up her marriage, but she got counseling and they're still together to this day.

我母親賭博的事情差點毀掉了她的婚姻，但是，她接受勸告，他們直到現在還在一起。

Tommy's been conniving to split Jenny and Phil up because he's still madly in love with her.

湯米一直在密謀拆散珍妮和菲爾，因為他仍然瘋狂地愛著她。

3. 原味表述：come to a parting of the ways（到了分手或離婚的地步）

例句：Mary and Tom has been living a cat and dog life for years. And Mary caught John being in bed with a tramp yesterday evening. It seems that they come to a parting of the ways.

Mary 和Tom多年來都過著爭爭吵吵的生活。Tom和一個蕩婦昨晚在床上給逮住了，看來他們到了分手的地步了。

今天，我們學習了3個和break up同義的詞匯：split up，come to a parting of the ways，break it off。hope that you can bear them in your mind. 此外，跟大家說說，這些都是雅思考試的必備詞匯哦！