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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

broke [brəuk]
  1. 1. break的过去式
  2. 2. adjective [inf] (penniless) 身无分文
    to go broke
    [inf] [company,person+] 破产

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

broke [brok] [brəuk]
  1. 1. [Archaic] break1的过去式和过去分词
  2. 2. adjective [Spoken] 无钱的,身无分文的;破了产的

Examples

The hot spell broke.
一阵酷暑突然过去了。
We broke for lunch.
我们暂时停止工作去吃午饭。
The troops broke formation and ran.
士兵们溃逃。
Sorry I broke it by accident, I didn't mean to hurt you.
对不起,我是无意中把它弄坏的,不是故意要伤害你的。
He threw the stone as to hit the tree but actually he broke a window.
他本想用石头打那颗树,不想却打破了一块玻璃。

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