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breakdowns
breakdown1. [ʹbreıkdaʋn] n
<Í> 1. 1) поломка механизма, машины; авария
2) нарушение движения (на железной дороге и т. п.)
3) эл. пробой (изоляции)
breakdown test - испытание на пробой
2. (полный) упадок сил
nervous breakdown - нервное расстройство
3. развал, распад
breakdown of the Roman Empire - крушение /распад/ Римской империи
4. 1) разложение (вещества)
2) разборка (на части)
3) анализ
4) расчленение, разбивка на мелкие группы
5. брейк, стремительный негритянский танец
6. воен. распределение
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2. [ʹbreıkdaʋn] a
<Í> аварийный; ремонтный
breakdown gang - аварийная команда
breakdown crane - аварийный кран
breakdown lorry - ремонтная летучка, ремонтная мастерская на автомобиле
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downs Идиома
downside
(See the downside)
the downside
the negative side, the disadvantages, the bad points The downside of abortion is that some women use it as a method of birth control.
ups and downs
prosperity and adversity;successive rises and falls盛衰;苦乐;沉浮;高高低低
Life is full of ups and downs.人生有苦有乐。
The way ahead is full of ups and downs,but that doesn't worry us.前进的道路是不平坦的,但是我们不怕。
Everyone must take his share of ups and downs.每个人都有得意的时候和倒霉的时候。
ups and downs|downs|ups
n. phr. Vicissitudes; alternating periods between good and bad times; changes in fortune. He is now a wealthy stock trader, but at the beginning of his career he, too, had many ups and downs.
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