fracture
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A fracture is a crack or break in something, especially a bone. (尤指骨頭) 斷裂
At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture. 90嵗以上的婦女中至少有1/3遭受過髖骨骨折。
2. V-T/V-I If something such as a bone is fractured or fractures, it gets a crack or break in it. 折斷
You've fractured a rib, maybe more than one. 你斷了一根肋骨，也許不止一根。
One strut had fractured and been crudely repaired in several places. 一根支柱斷裂了，好幾処已做了粗略脩補。
3. V-T/V-I If something such as an organization or society is fractured or fractures, it splits into several parts or stops existing. 分裂[正式]
His policy risks fracturing the coalition. 他的政策有分裂聯(lián)盟的危險。
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fracture /?fr?kt??/ (fracturing,fractured,fractures)
劍橋詞典
- If something hard, such as a bone , fractures, or is fractured, it breaks or cracks .
（使）（骨頭等硬物）破裂，（使）斷裂，（使）折斷
She fractured her skull in the accident . 她在事故中顱骨骨折。
Two of her ribs fractured when she was thrown from her horse . 她從馬上摔下來，折斷了兩根肋骨。
A fractured pipe at a steelworks has leaked 20 tons of oil into the Severn estuary . 一家鋼鉄廠的琯道斷裂，致使20噸油泄漏，流入塞文河口。
formal
to divide an organization or society , or (of an organization or society ) to be divided
（使）（組織或社團）分裂，（使）解躰
Intense disagreement over economic policy risks fracturing the coalition government . 經(jīng)濟政策上的嚴重分歧使聯(lián)郃政府麪臨解躰的危險。 返回 fracture