新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

broken

英  [ˈbrəʊkən]
    

[ADJ]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1虚的(线)

    A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or spaces in it.

    近义词

    dotted

    双语例句

    例:

    A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley.

    蓝色虚线代表无水流过的山谷走向。

    2(婚姻)破裂的

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage.

    她第一次说起婚姻破裂之痛。

    3蹩脚的

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Eric could only respond in broken English.

    埃里克只能用蹩脚的英语应答。

    IRREG FORM. 不规则形式
  • 1break的过去分词

    Broken is the past participle of break.