break down

• The television broke down so we were thrown back on our own resources .
  电视机坏了，我们只好自作消遣了。
• He excused himself for being late by saying that his car had broken down .
  他为迟到作辩解，说他的汽车坏了。
• We had to move water by a chain pump because the electric pump had broken down .
  抽水机坏了，只好用人工车水。
• Weathering applies to crumbling and breaking down of rock into smaller pieces .
  风化指的是岩石破碎或崩裂成小块。
• Nonerodible clods are also broken down by impacts of saltating grains .
  不可冲蚀的土块因跳跃颗粒的撞击也会破碎。
• My car broke down , then i locked myself out : it is just not my day !
  我的汽车坏了，又把自己锁在外边，真倒霉透了。
• Silicate minerals are characteristically refractory and difficult to break down .
  硅酸盐矿物的特点是耐熔和难以分离。
• The concept of a single circular frequency breaks down in certain instances .
  在某些情况下，单一的圆周频率的概念就行不通了。
• We had taken a first step in breaking down the walls of mistrust of each other .
  在打破互不信任的隔阂方面，我们已经迈出了第一步。