break 的现在进行式（break的用法）

break out (火灾、战争等)突然发生，爆发(无被动语态)

归纳拓展

break away from 脱离(政党等)；打破(陈规等)

break down 出故障，抛锚；(计划等)失败；(身体、精神等)垮掉；坍塌；中止；(化合物等)分解

break in 破门而入，突然闯入；打断(话语等)

break into 破门而入；突然……起来

break off 折断；突然中止；断绝，结束

break through 突破，突围

break up 打碎，拆散；散开，解散；(学校)期终放假，(集会)结束

例句

They had escaped to America shortly before the war broke out in 1939.

1939年战争爆发前不久他们逃到了美国。

It was at midnight that a fire broke out.

就是在午夜发生了一起火灾。

When do you break up for Christmas?

你们什么时候放假过圣诞节？

Her health broke down under the pressure of work.

她的身体因工作压力垮掉了。

【链接训练】

①When a fire ________ in the downtown high­rise apartment in Shanghai on Nov.15,2010，fifty eight people lost their lives.

A．broke off

B．broke out

C．broke down

D．broke up

【解析】　break off“折断，中止”；break out“(战争、火灾等)突然爆发”；break down“出故障；(身体)垮掉”；break up“破碎、解散”。题干中说的是火灾突然发生，故符合题意的只有B项。

【答案】　B

②Dr.Frank failed many times but he finally ________ to find a successful way to solve the problem.

A．broke off

B．broke through

C．broke down

D．broke up

【解析】 考查break动词短语。从句意看，break through表示“突破”，符合语境。break off“折断，中止，断绝”；break down“抛锚，坍塌”；break up“打碎，解散；(学校)放假”。句意为：弗兰克医生失败了多次，但他最终突破困境找到一种成功解决这个问题的方法。

【答案】　B