每天口语 英语口语

break the news

1. 解释

Break the news字面意思是“打破消息”，引申为“把什么新闻或情况告诉某人”，而往往这种消息是不好的。

2. 例句

e.g. You must break the news of his mother's death gently.

你一定要委婉地把他母亲去世的消息告诉他。

e.g. I don't want to be the one to break the news to him.

我不想成为向他透露该消息的人。

e.g. At this point we must break the news that is wrong.

至此，我们必须透露出这个问题是错误的。

e.g. You'd better break the news to him gently that his wife has just been killed in the accident.

你最好温和一些跟他说,他妻子在事故中不幸遇难。