broken down

en panne

Qui ne fonctionne plus correctement, surtout une machine ou un véhicule.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : broken, nonfunctional

Contraires : working, functional

Expressions courantes : broken down car, broken down machinery

décomposé, démonté

Divisé en éléments plus petits, souvent pour faciliter l’examen ou le transport.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : broken down into something (The figures are broken down into three groups.); broken down by something (The costs are broken down by department.)

Synonymes : divided, disassembled, decomposed

Contraires : assembled

Expressions courantes : broken down into parts, broken down by category

brisé, épuisé

Qui a perdu ses forces physiques ou les qualités qui faisaient sa valeur.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : broken down by something (He was broken down by years of hardship.)

Synonymes : ruined, weakened, worn out

Expressions courantes : broken down man, broken down by grief

fourbu, hors d’usage

Se dit d’un cheval trop malade ou trop faible pour porter un cavalier ou travailler.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : unfit, unsound

Contraires : sound, fit

Expressions courantes : broken down horse, broken down mare