break是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 打破； 中止； 违反vi. 破(裂) n. 休息时间，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "If your Lordship would simply break off the neck, I think we might easily withdraw the papers," suggested John Mangles.
-- The horses displayed signs of the liveliest terror, with the exception of Thaouka, who stamped his foot, and tried to break loose and get out.
-- Twenty-four hours after, at break of day, the man on the look-out was heard calling out, "Land ahead!"
-- The yacht had risen once more, but she found herself at the mercy of the waves entirely now, with nothing to steady or direct her, and was so fearfully pitched and tossed about that every moment the captain expected the masts would break short off.
-- At last day appeared; the rain ceased, but sunlight could not break through the thick clouds.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Now and then we passed a moorland cottage, walled and roofed with stone, with no creeper to break its harsh outline.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That which was our present comfort, and all the com-fort we had, was that, contrary to our expectation, the ship did not break yet, and that the master said the wind began to abate.
-- However, there was no time to debate, for we fancied that the ship would break in pieces every minute, and some told us she was actually broken already.
-- And as I knew that the first storm that blew must necessarily break her all in pieces, I resolved to set all other things apart till I had got everything out of the ship that I could get.
-- - Went to the wreck, and with the crow made way into the body of the wreck, and felt several casks, and loosened them with the crow, but could not break them up.
-- Before, as I walked about, either on my hunting or for viewing the country, the anguish of my soul at my condition would break out upon me on a sudden, and my very heart would die within me, to think of the woods, the mountains, the deserts I was in, and how I was a prisoner, locked up with the eternal bars and bolts of the ocean, in an unin-habited wilderness, without redemption.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- continued Lucy, after wiping her eyes, "I think whether it would not be better for us both to break off the matter entirely."
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We've hardly got time to break people in."
-- His new suit creaked as he stretched to reach the plates, break the bread, and pour the coffee.
-- It will break up her loneliness."
-- "Well, I don't know," answered Carrie, puzzling, but not offering to break her promise in his favour.
-- "I guess we had better go, if you can break that engagement upstairs," said Drouet.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If a boat was to come along we was going to take to the ca-noe and break for the Illinois shore; and it was well a boat didn't come, for we hadn't ever thought to put the gun in the canoe, or a fishing-line, or anything to eat.
-- 'Watchman your grandmother,' I says; 'there ain't noth-ing to watch but the texas and the pilot- house; and do you reckon anybody's going to resk his life for a texas and a pi-lot-house such a night as this, when it's likely to break up and wash off down the river any minute?'
-- But s'pose she DON'T break up and wash off?'
-- Looky here, you break for that light over yonder-way, and turn out west when you git there, and about a quarter of a mile out you'll come to the tavern; tell 'em to dart you out to Jim Hornback's, and he'll foot the bill.
-- The river was very wide, and was walled with solid timber on both sides; you couldn't see a break in it hardly ever, or a light.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As knocking was of no use, Pinocchio, in despair, began to kick and bang against the door, as if he wanted to break it.
-- With your strong beak, break the knot which holds him tied, take him down, and lay him softly on the grass at the foot of the oak."
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