知识扩展
易混词辨析
breaking、break、smash、breakdown
1. breaking:动词现在分词 / 动名词(“break” 的现在分词,如 “He is breaking the glass”;动名词如 “the breaking of the rule”),“break” 是不规则动词,过去式 broke,过去分词 broken;
2. break:动词 “打破;违反;中断”(①打破:“break a cup”;②违反:“break the law”;③中断:“break a habit”),名词 “休息;破裂”(如 “a coffee break”“a break in the wall”);
3. smash:动词 “打碎;猛击”(侧重 “用力打碎”,如 “smash a window”“smash a plate”),比 breaking 破坏程度更重;
4. breakdown:名词 “故障;崩溃”(如 “a car breakdown”“a nervous breakdown”),是 “break”(中断义)的名词形式,不可作动词。