名词

1. （关系的）破裂；（计划、讨论等的）失败，结束
The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.

2. 神经衰弱；精神崩溃
If you have a breakdown, you become very depressed, so that you are unable to cope with your life.

3. （汽车或机器的）故障，损坏
If a car or a piece of machinery has a breakdown, it stops working.

4. 分类；细目列表
A breakdown of something is a list of its separate parts.

1. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

e.g. the social dislocations resulting from government policies
his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London

Synonym: dislocation

2. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

Synonym: partitioning

3. a cessation of normal operation

e.g. there was a power breakdown

Synonym: equipment failure

4. a mental or physical breakdown

Synonym: crack-up