1、break down

（討論、關系或系統）失敗，破裂，失靈

Talks with business leaders broke down last night.

昨晚與商界領導人的談判破裂了。

Paola's marriage broke down.

葆拉的婚姻破裂了。

分解；將…分成若干部分

The report breaks down the results region by region.

報告將調查結果按地區分成若干部分。

These rules tell us how a sentence is broken down into phrases.

這些規則告訴我們一個句子是怎樣分解成若干短語的。

（使）（物質）分解

Over time, the protein in the eggshell breaks down into its constituent amino acids.

時間久了，蛋殼中的蛋白質就會分解為其構成成分氨基酸。

The oil is attacked by naturally occurring microbes which break it down.

原油受到了自然產生的分解油類物質的微生物的侵蝕。

2、exception

例外;除外

Few guitarists can sing as well as they can play; Eddie, however, is an exception.

很少有吉他手唱歌像彈吉他那么好，然而埃迪是個例外。

There were no floral offerings at the ceremony, with the exception of a single red rose.

除了一朵紅色玫瑰花外，儀式上沒有任何獻花。

除…之外；不包括…在內

Yesterday was a day off for everybody, with the exception of Lawrence.

昨天所有人都放一天假，勞倫斯除外。

In virtually every sport, with the possible exception of women's gymnastics, the players are now bigger and stronger than before.

幾乎在所有體育運動中，可能除女子體操外，現在的運動員都要比過去更加高大強壯。