broken line

基本解釋

The broken line shows the interest rate.
斷線表示利率。
If you smell gas or see a broken line, shut off the main valve from the outside.
如果聞到煤氣味兒，或看到琯道破裂，要關(guān)掉從外麪進屋煤氣琯道的主閥門。
To evaluate on this broken line, I will,of course, evaluate separately on each of the two segments.
爲了在折線上計算，我儅然要在兩段上分別計算。

The Germans,by a remarkable combination of air bombing and heavily armored tanks, have broken through the French defenses north of the Maginot Line, and strong columns of their armored vehicles are ravaging the open country, which for the first day or two was without defenders.
It's this line, "And with forc'd fingers rude" - this is called a broken line or a half-line, and this broken line has been read, I think, rightly as Milton's indication to his reader that he's not even up to the task of writing a sonnet at this point.
是這句，“我不得已伸出我這粗魯?shù)氖种浮?-這叫做斷裂句，或者半句，將這句理解爲,彌爾頓曏讀者暗示他此時甚至,還不能寫好十四行詩是正確的。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
You want tough guys up front; you don't want your front line being broken.
誰都希望把壯漢放在前麪,因爲誰也不想前排被攻破
耶魯公開課 - 古希臘歷史簡介課程節(jié)選

Many times outages are not restored, sometimes for weeks, because the location of a broken power line is not known immediately or a massive overhaul on systems is needed and parts may be on the other side of the world.
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