形容词
保险
Health Insurance-(医疗保险)
Psychological Counseling-(心理咨询)
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2. (线条)不连贯的,断续的,中断的
A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or spaces in it.
3. (婚姻)破裂的
You can use broken to describe a marriage that has ended in divorce, or a home in which the parents of the family are divorced, when you think this is a sad or bad thing.
4. (语言)蹩脚的,不流利的
If someone talks in broken English, for example, or in broken French, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they do not know the language very well.
1. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
e.g. a broken mirror
a broken tooth
a broken leg
his neck is broken
2. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
e.g. broken (or unkept) promises
broken contracts
Synonym: unkept
3. not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
e.g. broken lines of defense
a broken cable transmission
broken sleep
tear off the stub above the broken line
a broken note
broken sobs
4. lacking a part or parts
e.g. a broken set of encyclopedia
5. discontinuous
e.g. broken clouds
broken sunshine
6. out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
e.g. a broken washing machine
the coke machine is broken
the coke machine is busted
Synonym: busted
7. destroyed financially
e.g. the broken fortunes of the family
Synonym: wiped out(p)impoverished
8. weakened and infirm
e.g. broken health resulting from alcoholism
9. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
e.g. troops fleeing in broken ranks
a confused mass of papers on the desk
the small disordered room
with everything so upset
Synonym: confuseddisorderedupset
10. imperfectly spoken or written
e.g. broken English
11. subdued or brought low in condition or status
e.g. brought low
a broken man
his broken spirit
Synonym: crushedhumbledhumiliatedlow
12. topographically very uneven
e.g. broken terrain
rugged ground
Synonym: rugged
13. tamed or trained to obey
e.g. a horse broken to the saddle
this old nag is well broken in
Synonym: broken in