Teeth are a means to break down food or knowledge.

Complications, however, may cause the simple process to break down.

但是，有些复杂情况会导致这一简单过程的中止。

This efficient communication system started to break down.

这种高明的传导系统现在开始出现故障了。

Didn't want to break down in a public place.

不想在公共场合谈分手么？

Technique maintenance; Control to break down; System maintenance.

技术维护；掌握故障；系统维护。

They were banned in the 1980s, but the chemicals take a long time to break down and can linger in the oceans, accumulating in the blubber of whales, dolphins and porpoises1.

尽管在20世纪80年代，多氯联苯已被禁用，但这种化学物质需要很长时间才会分解，而且会滞留在海洋中，在鲸鱼、海豚和鼠海豚的鲸脂中积聚。

The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals1 traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks.

使用番茄工作法，就是用一个计时器把工作分为时间长度为25分钟的多个时段，每个时段之间作短暂休息。

Why are many students so easy to break down?

为什么很多学生会如此容易崩溃?

Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms' ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic ．

这项研究的合著者费德丽卡·贝尔托基尼说,蠕虫分解日常食物的能力也就是蜂蜡的能力，可以让它们分解塑料。

When the container is full, you can suck the refreshment out through the tube, and won't have to break down the still every time you need a drink ．

当容器装满时,你可以通过管子把饮用水吸出来，而不必每次要喝水都把蒸馏器弄坏。

Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team's findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills ．

贝尔托基尼对此表示赞同，并希望她的研究小组此次发现有一天能帮助人们使用酶来分解垃圾填埋场里的塑料。

In spite of such temporary measures, soaring food prices and spreading hunger in many other countries are beginning to break down the social order.

尽管有这些临时举措，在许多其他国家，不断飙升的粮食价格和逐步蔓延的饥饿开始对其社会秩序造成破坏。

Other initiatives fail to break down the data, too.

其他举措也未能改善这一状况。

We're trying to break down barriers between young people from both communities.

我们正试图消除两个不同社区的年轻人之间的隔阂。

She had been waiting for Simon to break down the barrier between them

她一直在等待西蒙打破他们之间的隔阂。

According to the Constitution, in post-election Burma, the army chief will continue to be the major power holder.

根据宪法，选举后的缅甸，三军总司令将继续执掌大权。

It may be copyright violation, but the power of the audience is far, far greater than the power of the copyright holder.

这也许是侵犯版权的，然而观众的力量远远，大大超过了版权所有人的力量。

A heavy woven net of rope or wire cable placed over a blasting site to keep debris from scattering

防爆毯用于爆炸现场、防止碎片飞散的厚的绳网或电缆网

Lifting Technology of Heavy Steel Column with Rope Under Complex Condition

复杂条件下重型钢骨柱绳索吊装技术

The focus of attention was a Chinese youth standing silently, eyes lowered, coils of heavy hemp rope bound around his chest and arms.

众人瞩目的是一位中国青年，他静静地站着，双眼低垂，胸脯和手臂上捆着一圈圈粗大的麻绳。

( nautical) a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar.

（海）用来支撑桅杆的粗绳或金属索。