1. 違反，破壞（條約、法律或承諾）
    If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.

    e.g. The newspaper breached the code of conduct on privacy...
           該報(bào)違反了保護(hù)隱私的行為準(zhǔn)則。
    e.g. The film breached the criminal libel laws.
           這部電影觸犯了刑事誹謗法。

2. （對(duì)條約、法律或承諾的）違反，破壞
    A breach of an agreement, a law, or a promise is an act of breaking it.

    e.g. The congressman was accused of a breach of secrecy rules.
           這位議員被控違反了保密規(guī)定。
    e.g. ...a $1 billion breach of contract suit.
           一起違約金達(dá)10億美元的合同違約訴訟案

3. （關(guān)系的）裂痕，破裂
    A breach in a relationship is a serious disagreement which often results in the relationship ending.

    e.g. Their actions threatened a serious breach in relations between the two countries.
           他們的行動(dòng)使兩國關(guān)系面臨嚴(yán)重惡化的危險(xiǎn)。
    e.g. ...the breach between Tito and Stalin.
           鐵托和斯大林之間的不和

4. 突破；攻破；給…造成缺口
    If someone or something breaches a barrier, they make an opening in it, usually leaving it weakened or destroyed.

    e.g. The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave...
           石灰?guī)r上有許多縫隙，故而樹根能從巖洞頂部長出來。
    e.g. Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze.
           大火當(dāng)時(shí)有可能把貨船上的油罐燒漏了，從而引燃原油。

5. 突破，攻破（防衛(wèi)）
    If you breach someone's security or their defences, you manage to get through and attack an area that is heavily guarded and protected.

    e.g. The bomber had breached security by hurling his dynamite from a roof overlooking the building.
           這名爆炸手從一個(gè)俯瞰這座大樓的樓頂上投下炸藥，破壞了安保系統(tǒng)。

6. 臨時(shí)代替；臨時(shí)頂替
    If you step into the breach, you do a job or task which someone else was supposed to do or has done in the past, because they are suddenly unable to do it.

    e.g. I was persuaded to step into the breach temporarily when they became too ill to continue.
           在他們病得很重?zé)o法堅(jiān)持的情況下，我被勸服去臨時(shí)頂替他們。