1、break off
a、折斷;(使)斷開
The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact.
飛機的兩個機翼遭受撞擊折斷了。
Grace broke off a large piece of the clay.
格雷斯掰下來一大塊土。
b、突然中止;突然停頓
Llewelyn broke off in mid-sentence.
盧埃林一句話說了一半突然停下來。
The commander of the German task force radioed that he was breaking off the action.
德國特遣部隊指揮官用無線電發報稱他將中止這次行動。
c、終止,結束(關系)
The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago.
這兩個西非國家兩年前已經中斷了外交關系。
He doesn't seem to have the courage to break it off with her.
他似乎沒有勇氣和她斷絕關系。
2、freak
a、反常的;怪異的;極端的
Weir broke his leg in a freak accident playing golf.
韋爾因為一次打高爾夫時發生的離奇事故折斷了腿。
The ferry was hit by a freak wave off the North Wales coast.
渡船在北威爾士海岸附近被一股反常的海浪擊中。
b、(對某事物或活動癡迷的)…狂
Oat bran became the darling of health freaks last year.
燕麥麩在去年成為保健狂人的最愛。
c、怪人;怪胎
However, outside of these institutions the black thinking woman is looked upon as a freak.
然而,在這些機構之外,有思想的黑人女性被當作怪胎看待。
Not so long ago, transsexuals were regarded as freaks.
不久前變性人還被視為怪物。