broken

柯林斯词典

1. Broken is the past participle of break. (break)的过去分词
2. ADJ A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or spaces in it. 虚的 (线)[ADJ n]
A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley. 蓝色虚线代表无水流过的山谷走向。
3. ADJ You can use broken to describe a marriage that has ended in divorce, or a home in which the parents of the family are divorced, when you think this is a sad or bad thing. (婚姻) 破裂的[ADJ n] [表不满]
She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage. 她第一次说起婚姻破裂之痛。
4. ADJ If someone talks in broken English, for example, or in broken French, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they do not know the language very well. 蹩脚的[ADJ n]
Eric could only respond in broken English. 埃里克只能用蹩脚的英语应答。