| 词汇 | bust-up |
| 释义 | bust upphrasal verb with bustverb[ T ]uk /bʌst/ us /bʌst/busted or UK alsobust | busted or UK alsobust mainly USinformal If a relationship busts up, or the people in a relationship bust up, the relationship ends: （激烈争吵后）断绝关系 They busted up last year.他们去年闹翻了。 Relationships: ending & divorce affiliation order annul annulment break something up break up with someone bust child support chuck dump ghosting give someone the elbowidiom give someone the heave-hoidiom give someone the pushidiom go off with someone post-divorce rebound run out on someone/something separate separation throw bust something upphrasal verb with bustverb[ T ]uk /bʌst/ us /bʌst/busted or UK alsobust | busted or UK alsobust mainly USinformal to damage something and make it end: 破坏；终结 The police has busted up two automobile theft rings.警方破获了两个汽车偷盗集团。 See also bust-upinformal Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent preventable scuttle smother suffocate You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Damaging and spoiling bust-up noun[ C ] informaluk /ˈbʌst.ʌp/ us /ˈbʌst.ʌp/ a serious argument, especially one that ends a relationship: （尤指导致关系破裂的）激烈争吵 She had a big bust-up with her brother-in-law.她与姐夫大吵了一架。 Arguments & disagreements argument argy-bargy be (on) non-speakersidiom belligerence bickering blow (someone/something) up clash conflict contentiousness contestable contretemps ding-dong dispute dust-up hostility kerfuffle logjam misunderstanding rhubarb spat bust-up | Business Englishbust-up noun[ C ] uk /ˈbʌstʌp/us UKinformal a serious argument or disagreement, especially one which ends a relationship: The CEO was ousted last month after a boardroom bust-up. Examples of bust upbust up But you can have difficulties with your brother, sister or cousin, and it does not mean that you have to have a bust-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we had gone on with those annuities there might have been a bankruptcy, or a bust-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is another bust-up, as so often happens it will be the poor old prison officer who carries the can. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the end of the day, we shall get the inevitable bust-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, in countless homes there is a bust-up, a terrible row, because those in authority have not known when to relinquish some of it and grant a little more independence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is very much better to have trenchant political criticism and a verbal bust-up in a room in a town hall than a verbal bust-up on the streets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had a bust-up over the clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was also a bust-up in the tunnel at half-time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are family bust-ups, domestic problems, divorces, separations and everything else going on, because of the level of homelessness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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