breach
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
Đồng nghĩa: break, rupture, fissure
- 2.
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- 3.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
breach of promise
- 4.
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- 5.
(figuratively)(figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
- 6.
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.
Đồng nghĩa: surge, surf
- 7.
A breaking out upon; an assault.
- 8.
(archaic)A bruise; a wound.
- 9.
(archaic)A hernia; a rupture.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To make a breach in.
They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
- 2.
(transitive)To violate or break.
breach an agreement
breach an accord
- 3.
(transitive)(transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- 4.
(intransitive)To suffer a breach.
- 5.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of a whale or other sea creature) To leap out of the water.
- 6.
(informal, passive, transitive, usually)(law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (fracture, breach) and brǣċ (breach, breaking, destruction), from *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (breach, fissure) and *brēkō (breaking).