breakdown: translation
noun
1 mechanical failure
ADJECTIVE
▪ mechanical
BREAKDOWN + VERB
▪ occur
BREAKDOWN + NOUN
▪ service (BrE)
▪ Most breakdown services give priority to women travelling alone.
▪ truck, vehicle (both BrE)
▪ lane (AmE)
2 failure/end of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ serious
▪ complete, irretrievable, total
▪ the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage
▪ communication, family, marital, marriage, relationship, social
VERB + BREAKDOWN
▪ cause, lead to
▪ prevent
PREPOSITION
▪ breakdown in, breakdown of
▪ a breakdown in negotiations
3 collapse of mental health
ADJECTIVE
▪ emotional, mental, nervous, psychological
▪ complete, serious
VERB + BREAKDOWN
▪ have, suffer
PHRASES
▪ the brink of a nervous breakdown, the edge of a nervous breakdown, the verge of a nervous breakdown
▪ The stress of her job had brought her to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
4 list of the details of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ detailed, full
▪ cost
▪ statistical
VERB + BREAKDOWN
▪ prepare
▪ I have prepared a detailed cost breakdown for the project.
▪ give sb, provide (sb with)
PREPOSITION
▪ breakdown by, breakdown of
▪ Please provide us with a breakdown of expenditure by department.