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断
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 断 [duàn]
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1.
verb
[分成段]
break
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2.
verb
[断绝]
break … off
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3.
verb
[判断]
decide
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4.
adverb
[判断]
absolutely
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1.
verb
[分成段]
break
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 断 [duàn]
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- 1. verb break; snap
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2.
verb
break off; cut off; stop
- 断水
- cut off the water supply
- 听说今天晚上会断电。
- 信号断掉了。
- 3. verb give up; abstain from
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4.
verb
judge; decide
- 诊断
- diagnose
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5.
adverb
(usually used in the negative) absolutely; decidedly
- 断不可信
- absolutely incredible
- 断无此理
- absolutely untenable (or unreasonable); the height of absurdity
- 若是没有高强度的训练，他断不会获得这样的成绩。
- 你断不可重蹈覆辙啊！
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 断 [duàn]
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1.
动
(本来相连的长形物)分成不相连的段
- 电线断了
- 柔肠寸断
- 砍断
- 断开
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2.
动
隔绝;使不再相继
- 断炊
- 断交
- 间断
- 断断续续
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3.
动
戒掉(烟、酒等)
- 断烟
- 断酒
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4.
动
拦截
- 派一个排断后
- 断球
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5.
动
判定;决定
- 当机立断
- 独断专行
- 诊断
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6.
副
[文]
绝对;一定(多用于否定)
- 断不可行
- 断无此理
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7.
第七画是竖折(∟)
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1.
动
(本来相连的长形物)分成不相连的段
Examples
- 断不可信
- absolutely incredible → 断
- 断无此理
- absolutely untenable (or unreasonable); the height of absurdity → 断
- 把断了的车轴焊起来
- weld the pieces of the broken axle → 焊
- 喀嚓一声，树枝断了。
- The branch broke with a snap. or The branch snapped. → 喀嚓
- 他是一位善于审时度势、多谋善断的经理人员。
- He is a resourceful and resolute manager who can make a correct assessment of the situation. → 审时度势
- 案子的线儿断了。
- The clue could not be followed up. → 线
- 两国关系中断了好多年。
- Relations between the two countries were suspended for many years. → 中断
- 他的皮带断了。 → 皮带
- 断了线的风筝在高空中飘荡。 → 飘荡
- 维系他们生命的就是一根系在岸边的船索,一旦船索断了,将船翻人亡。 → 索
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