Tra từ breakdown - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

break·down [breakdown breakdowns] BrE [ˈbreɪkdaʊn] NAmE [ˈbreɪkdaʊn] noun
1. countable an occasion when a vehicle or machine stops working
•a breakdown on the motorway
•a breakdown recovery service
2. countable, uncountable a failure of a relationship, discussion or system
•the breakdown of a marriage
•marriage breakdown
•a breakdown in communications
•The breakdown of the negotiations was not unexpected.
•the breakdown of law and order
3. countable, usually singular detailed information that you get by studying a set of figures
•First, let's look at a breakdown of the costs.
4. uncountable (technical)the breaking of a substance into the parts of which it is made
•the breakdown of proteins in the digestive system
5. countable = ↑nervous breakdown
•She's still recovering from her breakdown.

Example Bank:
•Most breakdown services give priority to women travelling alone.
•Please provide us with a breakdown of expenditure by department.
•The national breakdown organizations are on hand to help motorists 24 hours a day.
•The only ground for divorce is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
•The stress of her job had brought her to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
•a breakdown in negotiations
•A growing proportion of children are affected by family breakdown.
•Marital breakdown can be followed by debt problems.
•The breakdown of negotiations was not expected.
•There has obviously been a breakdown in communications between the two sides.
•There seems to be a complete breakdown in law and order.