Break the news to sb.
把消息告诉某人
🧩 词语组成解析
break
[breik]
vt. （使）破;打破（纪录）;（常指好天气）突变;开始;
vi. （嗓音）突变;突破;破晓;（价格）突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中间休息;间断;短假;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
news
[nju:z]
n. 新闻;消息;（可当作新闻内容的）人;物;
to
[tu,tə]
prep. 向，朝着;到;关于;属于;
adv. 朝一个方向的;到某种状态;关闭;
🗣️ 情景例句
The price. Isn't it possible to give us even a little more discount?
价格问题。难道不能多打点折扣吗？
Since we need the goods urgently, we must insist on express shipment.
由于我方急需这批货物，我方坚持使用快递装运。
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.
10年前的一个下午，我到你家借过一条项链，你还记得吗？我的丈夫比尔当时在政府的一个部门工作。我们被邀请参加一个宫庭舞会，所以我需要借一点珠宝首饰。