| 词组 | break the news |
| 释义 | Idiom break the news (to someone) Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL to tell someone some important news, usually bad news.The doctor had to break the news to Jane about her husband's cancer.I hope that the doctor broke the news gently. Idiom break the news to make known new information.Detectives broke the news to Mrs. Allen that her husband's body had been identified. Usage notes: usually said about information that causes sadness or worry break the newsTo reveal information, often that which is bad or upsetting. Who is going to break the news of her husband's accident? Your mother is going to be furious if she learns of our engagement from someone else—you have to break the news to her first! break the news (to someone)to tell someone some important news, usually bad news. The doctor had to break the news to Jane about her husband's cancer. I hope that the doctor broke the news gently. break the newsMake something known, as in We suspected that she was pregnant but waited for her to break the news to her in-laws. This term, in slightly different form ( break a matter or break a business), dates from the early 1500s. Another variant is the 20th-century journalistic phrase, break a story, meaning "to reveal a news item or make it available for publication." break the newsCOMMON If you break the news, you tell someone about something, especially something bad. I went up to Santa Monica to break the news to her that I'd left my job. break the ˈnews (to somebody)be the first to tell somebody some bad news: I’m sorry to be the one to break the news. |
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