broken down

kaputt, defekt

Nicht mehr richtig funktionierend, besonders bei Maschinen oder Fahrzeugen.

In einfachem Englisch: No longer working properly, especially when describing a machine or vehicle.

• That car is broken down.
• A broken-down bus blocked the road.
• We replaced the broken-down machine last week.

Synonyme: broken, nonfunctional

Gegenteile: working, functional

Häufige Wendungen: broken down car, broken down machinery

aufgeschlüsselt, zerlegt

In kleinere Teile aufgeteilt, häufig zur leichteren Untersuchung oder zum leichteren Transport.

In einfachem Englisch: Divided into smaller pieces or parts, often to make something easier to examine or move.

• The table is broken down into pieces.
• The costs were broken down by month.
• These results are broken down into age groups.

So benutzt man es: broken down into something (The figures are broken down into three groups.); broken down by something (The costs are broken down by department.)

Synonyme: divided, disassembled, decomposed

Gegenteile: assembled

Häufige Wendungen: broken down into parts, broken down by category

gebrochen, zerrüttet

Körperlich stark geschwächt oder seiner guten Charaktereigenschaften beraubt.

In einfachem Englisch: Having lost physical strength or good personal qualities.

• He seemed completely broken down.
• Years of illness left her broken down in body and spirit.
• The once proud soldier returned a broken-down man.

So benutzt man es: broken down by something (He was broken down by years of hardship.)

Synonyme: ruined, weakened, worn out

Häufige Wendungen: broken down man, broken down by grief

nicht mehr einsatzfähig, hinfällig

Bei einem Pferd: zu krank oder zu schwach, um Reiter zu tragen oder zu arbeiten.

In einfachem Englisch: Too ill or weak to carry riders or do work, when describing a horse.

• The horse was broken down.
• They let the broken-down mare rest in a quiet field.
• A broken-down horse cannot safely carry a rider.

Synonyme: unfit, unsound

Gegenteile: sound, fit

Häufige Wendungen: broken down horse, broken down mare