영어 사전에서 “broken”의 의미

“broken” - 영어

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brokenverb

uk /ˈbrəʊ.kən/ us /ˈbroʊ.kən/

past participle of break

brokenadjective

uk /ˈbrəʊ.kən/ us /ˈbroʊ.kən/

broken adjective (DAMAGED)

A2 damaged, no longer able to work:

He attacked the man with a broken bottle.
My watch is broken.
Careful - there's broken glass on the floor.

[ before noun ] suffering emotional pain that is so strong that it changes the way you live, usually as a result of an unpleasant event:

He was a broken man after his wife died.

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(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus의 “broken” 정의 © Cambridge University Press)

“broken” - 미국식 영어

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broken

us /ˈbroʊ·kən/

broken (BREAK)

past participle of break

brokenadjective

us /ˈbroʊ·kən/

broken adjective (DAMAGED)

[ not gradable ] damaged, or no longer able to work:

My camera is broken.

broken adjective (INTERRUPTED)

interrupted or not continuous:

a broken line
He spoke very broken English.

broken adjective (DISCOURAGED)

extremely discouraged or sad:

After his wife's death, he seemed to be a broken man.
My mom said my uncle had a broken heart (= was sad because a romance had ended).

broken adjective (ENDED)

[ not gradable ] destroyed or ended:

He overcame a string of broken dreams to become a success.
She comes from a broken home (= the parents no longer live together).

broken adjective (NOT KEPT)

[ not gradable ] (of a law, rule, or promise) disobeyed or not kept:

a broken promise

(Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary의 “broken” 정의 © Cambridge University Press)

“broken” - 비즈니스 영어

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brokenadjective

uk /ˈbrəʊkən/ us

damaged, and no longer able to work:

We can send the broken monitors for repair.
Everywhere you look there are broken pipes and crumbling masonry.

interrupted or not continuous:

On the chart, income is indicated by a solid line and expenses by a broken line.

used to describe a law, rule, or promise that is not obeyed or not kept:

a broken promise
a broken contract

(Cambridge Business English Dictionary의 “broken” 정의 © Cambridge University Press)