They've broken off their engagement.

他们突然解除了婚约。

I've broken off my engagement to Arthur.

我已经解除了于阿瑟的订婚约定。

The back section of the plane had broken off.

飞机尾部脱落了。

She has broken off her engagement to Charles.

她已解除同查尔斯的婚约。

The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago.

这两个西非国家两年前已终止了关系。

"It looks as if a big branch had been broken off," said Colin.

“看起来，好像有一根大的树枝折断了。”科林说。

New work suggests that a chunk appears to have broken off and got lodged between the two ocean slabs like a deer swallowed by a python.

最近的研究认为，有一个板块已经折断形成，夹在两个海洋板块之间，就像被蟒蛇吞下的一头鹿。

Every time the Chromosome divides—every time one cell divides into two—pieces of the ends of the Chromosome, the telomere, get broken off.

当每次染色体分裂时——即当每次一个细胞分裂成两个时——染色体的尾部，也就是端区，就会发生断裂。

Unlike a thorn, a prickle can be easily broken off the plant because it is really a feature of the outer layers rather than part of the wood, like a thorn.

与刺不同，皮刺能够被轻易地从植物茎上剥落，因为它仅仅是植物外层的一种特征，而不像刺那样是树木的一部分。

So after each division, the telomeres get shorter and one of the things that may happen after a while is that pieces of the genes themselves get broken off the Chromosomes.

每次分裂后，端粒变短一段时间后可能发生的一件事是染色体上的基因片段会断裂。

We think this thread has broken off.

我们认为这根线断开了。

One of my front teeth had broken off.

原来是我的一颗大门牙挂了。

They have broken off all relations with him.

他们已断绝与他的往来。

We have broken off all ties with that company.

我们已经跟那家公司断绝来往。

My colleague has broken off the habit of smoking.

我的同事已经戒掉了吸烟的习惯。

These two countries have broken off relations again.

这两个国家又断交了。

Have you heard that John has broken off his engagement to Mary?

你听说约翰已和玛丽解除婚约了吗？

Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

你若说，那枝子被折下来，是特为叫我接上。

Thou wilt say then: the branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

或者你要说：树枝被折下来，正是为叫我接上去。

For a person who has just broken off an emotional affair, friends aren't optional.

对刚了断一段婚外情的人来说，挑选朋友不是随便的事情。

Pieces of the glacier that have broken off look like shards of white glass in the blue water.

漂浮在湛蓝湖水中的冰川碎片看上去就像是白色的碎玻璃。

I have not written down immortality, but leave the legendary mottled broken off the heart.

我没有写下永恒不朽的传奇，却留下斑驳的碎掉的心。

Thorns are deeply embedded in the woody structure of the plant and can't be broken off easily.

这些刺都深深地嵌在植物的木纹状组织结构内，不会被轻易破坏。

Optimists note that Messrs Dodd and Shelby have broken off talks before, only to resume them within weeks.

乐观主义者指出，多德和谢尔比之前破裂的谈判，不料却在一周之内又重新开始。

A segment of pahoehoe at Craters of the Moon that has had the top of its surface broken off, revealing a rust color below.

分别在这带来了其表面的顶部部分中断月球陨石坑的帕霍霍，露出铁锈色如下。

Reproduction involves tearing apart their bodies, somewhat akin to growing a new plant from a broken off piece of a "mother plant."

复制的过程包括撕裂他们的身体，有点类似于从一个破旧的“植物母体”中成长出新的植物。