breach /bri:tʃ/ I. n. ［c］&［u］1．破裂，（尤指炮火轰开的）缺口：a breach in the hedge 树篱的一个缺口；open a breach with sb. 与某人决裂 2．破坏；违反；（对他人权利等的）侵害：a serious breach of world peace 严重破坏世界和平的行为；a breach of duty 玩忽职守行为；commit a breach of protocol 违反协议的事‖II. vt.& vi. 破坏；违反；攻破，突破：breach a cease-fire agreement 违反停火协定 These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。In the spring of 1938 the Yellow River dykes/dikes were breached. 1938年，黄河堤岸被人为决口。