The criminal broke away from his captors.
那名罪犯擺脫了抓捕他的人。
2. (賽跑、賽馬等中)搶跑，偷跑，提前起跑，過早出發(或開始)，搶先開始：
The horse broke away from the starting gate.
那匹馬從起跑門搶跑。
3. 足球、冰球突然轉守為攻；擺脫4. 拆毀，拆去；砍去，弄掉；脫開：
He broke away the veneer with a chisel.
他用鑿子把膠合板拆開。
The wing of the plane broke away in mid-air and the plane crashed.
那架飛機的機翼在空中脫落，飛機墜毀了。
5. 破成碎片：
The surface is rotten and breaks away when you touch it.
這物表面已朽壞，妳壹碰就碎了。
6. (雲霧等)消散，消失：
The frost was breaking away.
凝霜漸漸消散了。
7. 叛離，背離，脫離(政黨、國家、教會等)；擺脫；從…退出；不再忠於；斷絕關系(from):
He decided to break away from the Party.
他決定脫黨。
8. 突然改變；放棄(習慣、思想方式或信仰等)；打破(陳規等)；破壞(法律、規章等) (from):
to break away from the old conventions
破除陳規
Can't you break away from old habits?
難道妳就不能去掉舊習慣嗎