1·He felt appalled by the idea of marriage so we broke up.
他恨透了结婚的念头,所以我们分手了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·He and I dated for over a year, and when we broke up, I thought my angsty heart was going to spit itself right up out of my sore throat.
他和我约会了一年多，在我们分手的时候，我想我那颗难过的心快要从我疼痛的喉咙里吐出来了。
3·Yesterday, John broke up with his girlfriend.
昨天，约翰和他女朋友分手了。
4·I just broke up with my girlfriend.
我刚和我的女朋友分手了。
5·I broke up with my girlfriend and dated this girl for a while, but we didn't last.
我和女朋友分手，和那个女孩在一起，但是这段关系也没有维持很久。
1·The police broke up the window nailed down and rescued the boy from the fire.
警察打碎了用钉子钉死的窗子，救出了大火中的男孩。
2·The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
耶和华殿的铜柱，并耶和华殿的盆座和铜海，迦勒底人都打碎了，将那铜运到巴比伦去了。
3·The little boy broke up neighbor's glass so his father gave 10 dollars to the neighbor as amends.
这个小男孩打碎了邻居家的玻璃，他父亲给了那个邻居10美元作为赔偿。
4·The glass fell on the cement floor and broke up.
玻璃杯掉在水泥地上打碎了。
5·Tom broke up a glass because of carelessness.
由于粗心，汤姆打碎了一个玻璃杯。