打断

• 拼音: dǎ duàn
• 汉字拆解: 打 = 扌(hand) + 丁 (nail); 断 = 斤 (axe) + 米 + 丝 (silk threads being cut)

含义

To interrupt; to break off. To cut short someone's speech or an ongoing action.

Used when someone stops another person from continuing to speak or act. Can also mean physically breaking something in two. In conversation, interrupting is generally considered impolite, so this word often carries a slightly negative connotation.

例句

1. 请不要打断我，让我把话说完。
2. 会议进行到一半被一个紧急电话打断了。
3. 他的腿在事故中被打断了，需要做手术。

用法指南

语境: conversation, interruption

语气: direct

正确说法

• 抱歉打断一下，我有个问题。(Sorry to interrupt, I have a question.)
• 别打断他，让他继续说。(Don't interrupt him, let him continue.)

错误说法

• 打断别人说话在正式场合是不礼貌的，要说'抱歉打断' (Interrupting others is impolite in formal settings — say 'sorry to interrupt')

起源与历史

From 打 (to strike) and 断 (to break/sever), meaning to forcibly cut something off.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal