break it down

基本解释

As we all know, when we have a big goal, it helps to break it down into smaller pieces.
就像我们都知道的那样，当我们有大的目标时，把它分成小块会比较有用。
Host: I want to break it down to some of the dream scenarios that are common, that people talk about all the time.
主持人：我想打断一下，谈谈一些人们经常谈到的非常常见的梦境。
This excites the molecule into another excited state, from which we can, with another laser light, break it down into two atoms.
这将使分子跃迁到另一个激发态，从中我们可以用另一种激光，把它分成两个原子。

The mummification process protects the body's soft tissue long after it would normally break down.
As long as it's reversible, you know what the efficiency has to be, and in principle, you could break it down into a bunch of steps that you could formulate as isothermal and adiabatic.
只要这个循环过程是可逆的，你们知道效率是多少，从理论上说，可以将总过程,分解成一系列绝热,和等温的小过程。
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The word "carbohydrate," as you might imagine, if you ever thought to break it down means the combination of carbon and water.
碳水化合物这个词,如你所想,如果你把它进行拆分的话,就是碳和水的结合物
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To break it down to its essential message: credit cards want you to be in debt.
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