暂停（breakoff的现在分词）

突然停止

折断

bearing off───赢得；驶离

breaking out───爆发；逃脱

creaming off───撇取奶油；撇去乳油

raking off───回扣（非正式）

breaking down───打碎；损坏；分解开；把钻杆立根卸成单根

backing off───反馈；退绕；铲齿

begging off───请求免除

blocking off───阻挡；封堵

booking off───下班考勤登记

Breaking off their affair had never sat right with him; now he would take care of her for the rest of her life.───断绝他们的关系从来就没使他感觉好受过；现在他将要照顾她的余生了。

Buoyed to the front where the crowd was breaking off, I touched the rough tweed just above his elbow and called out.───人群散开，我被挤向前排，碰到了他胳膊肘上面的粗呢衣服，我叫起来。

She also may have recorded her feelings about breaking off her romance with Robert Kennedy.───她可能还在录音带中讲述了自己与罗伯特·肯尼迪分手的感觉。

Hansel reached up on tiptoe, and breaking off a piece of the gingerbread, he began to eat with all his might, for he was very hungry.───汉斯掂着脚尖伸出手，弄瞎了一片姜饼，他开始尽量吃，因为他太饿了。

A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.───突然中断，中止法，顿绝思想在句子中间突然中断，好象说话人不愿意或无法继续讲下去。

Word got around because he bragged about cutting the wings off and taking out the small pilot and breaking off his head.───关于他的谣言满天飞，因为他曾吹嘘称要把飞机的翅膀折掉，把驾驶座上的飞行员揪出来然后把他的头拧掉。

Even the coral that get damaged like breaking off or even turned over, some parts of it is still alive.───即便珊瑚受损，比如断裂甚至被翻倒，它的某些部份还是能存活。

eg. The commander of the German task force radioed that he was breaking off the action.───德国特遣部队指挥官用无线电发报称他将中止这次行动。

The British government retaliated by breaking off diplomatic relations.