名詞 break away:

1. the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
   同義詞：breakaway, breaking away

動詞 break away:

1. break off (a piece from a whole)
   同義詞：chip, chip off, come off, break off
2. move away or escape suddenly
   同義詞：break, break out
3. interrupt a continued activity
   同義詞：break
4. withdraw from an organization or communion
   同義詞：secede, splinter
5. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   同義詞：scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop

形容詞 break away:

1. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
   同義詞：breakaway, fissiparous, separatist

1. It was no use, he could not break away, so he gave up.
   這是枉費力氣，他掙脫不了，所以只好作罷。
2. Can't you break away from old habits?
   你不能戒除舊習慣嗎?
3. The prisoner broke away from his guards.
   囚犯從看守者手中逃脫了。
4. Jim broke away from his friends, saying "I have got to hit the books."
   吉姆離開他的朋友時，說道：“我得回去做功課了。”