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suspend，break off，[计] interrupt，interception，blackout ；

[例句] 救援人员因风浪太大而被迫中断工作。 The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents.

[例句] 投资可能会中断，而这会引起经济衰退。 Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.

break，disrupt，flying-off，fracture，part ；

[例句] 他注意到机翼在一块一块地断裂。 He noticed that fabric was tearing away from the plane's wing.

[例句] 不断变化的应力导致更多的断裂和岩石变形。 Changing stresses bring about more cracking and rock deformation.

be disconnected，be interrupted，interval，leapfrogging，gap ；

[例句] 会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。 He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.

[例句] 如果不去管隐私问题的话，实施不间断监视其实是非常便利的。 Leaving aside the question of privacy, constant surveillance can be remarkably convenient.

judge，decide，[逻] judgement，determine，estimate ；

[例句] 我信赖他的友情，也相信他的判断。 I depended on his companionship and on his judgment.

[例句] 很难判断是谁给了致命的一击。 It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.

cut off，switch off，turn out，key off，amputate ；

[例句] 他们的水在几周以前就毫无理由地被切断了。 Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation.

[例句] 流亡者被切断了与家乡的所有联系。 The exiles had been cut off from all contact with their homeland.

fault，slip，slicle，fracture，faultage ；

[例句] 已经勘测到圣安德烈亚斯断层的其中一处所承受的拉力在增强。 A build-up of strain on a section of the San Andreas Fault has been detected.

[例句] 突然破裂和位移伴随正 、 逆 、 走向滑动或斜向滑动断层作用而发生. Sudden rupture and displacement occurs with normal, reverse, strike - slip, or oblique - slip faulting.

diagnose，diagnosis，diacrisis，diagnoses，diagnosticate ；

[例句] 智能计算机将成为医生不可或缺的诊断工具。 An intelligent computer will be an indispensable diagnostic tool for doctors.

[例句] 他被诊断患有严重的阅读困难症，但是却绝顶聪明。 He was diagnosed as severely dyslexic but extraordinarily bright.

break，discon，disconnect，disconnection，cut ；

[例句] 通过将一间大屋用隔断断开的方法再隔出了几间卧室。 Bedrooms have again been created by partitioning a single larger room.

[例句] 维基·布朗到家时发现那些人正在断开她微波炉的开关。 Vicky Brown arrived home to find the men disconnecting her microwave.

monopolize，forestall，monopoly，corner，monopolise ；

[例句] 这些公司决心要垄断香蕉业。 These companies are determined to keep a stranglehold on the banana industry.

[例句] 他们不再是垄断海外航线的两强之一。 They are no longer part of a duopoly on overseas routes.

interrupted，chopping，make-and-break ；

[例句] 经过几次断续后，她开始顺利地念报告了。 After several starts, she read the report properly.

[例句] 斜长岩组中的矿层仅断续出露. Seams in the anorthosite series are only intermittently exposed.

infer，deduce，deduction，conclude ；

[例句] 他推断这俩小孩是这对夫妇的。 He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.

[例句] 如果解释是正确的，可以推断出两件事。 If the explanation is right, two things follow.

cut off，block，cut short，interrupt，truncation ；

[例句] 他的一条腿不得不从膝部以上截断。 He had to have one leg amputated above the knee.

[例句] 溪流被坝截断了. A stream was dammed up.

shear off，cut off，snip，nip off，nip ；

[例句] 绳子解不开了，只能剪断。 The rope could not be disentangled and had to be cut.

[例句] 她拿了一把剪刀把绳剪断. She took a pair of scissors and cut the string.

break off，cut off，stop，sever，discontinuity；

[例句] 他们还必须断绝与工会组织的联系。 They have yet to break the link with the trade unions.

[例句] 他搬走了，断绝了和家人的关系。 He moved away and broke off relations with the family.

circuit breaker，cutout switch，breaker，chopper，switch；

[例句] 内置有断路器，防止设备过载。 There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.

[例句] 断路器一般浸在油罐内. The circuit - breaker is generally immersed in a tank of oil.

traverse，crossing，intersect，transect，transection ；

[例句] 水平面有时也称为横断(切)面. The horizontal plane sometimes is referred to as the transverse plane.

[例句] 长虹般的大桥,直插云霄,横断了长江. The bridge like rainbow penetrating into the clouds has transected the River.

resolute，decisive，decision，determination ；

[例句] 他将形势描述得非常危险，并号召采取果断行动。 He described the situation as very dangerous and called for resolute action.

[例句] 我工作非常有效率，处事果断，而且判断准确。 I work very efficiently and am decisive, and accurate in my judgement.

conclude，form a judgment，decide，assertion，figure out ；

[例句] 他断定富兰克林一定是得了重感冒。 He decided Franklin must be suffering from a bad cold.

[例句] 她最终断定，表演这一行并不适合。 She eventually decided the acting profession wasn't half bad.

say with certainty，assert categorically，affirm，declare，allege ；

[例句] “女性主义不必全然如此，”乔断言。 "Not all feminism has to be like this," Jo maintains.

[例句] 现在断言这些威胁是否只是虚张声势还为时过早。 It is too early to say whether the threats are mere sabre-rattling.

interrupt，interruption of power supply，outage，blackout ；

[例句] 预备一些蜡烛以防断电. Keep some candles as a standby in case the power fails.

[例句] 发动机断电装置和方向盘锁无法保护汽车的内部。 Engine cut-out devices and steering wheel locks do not protect the car's contents.