bust

1. V-T If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used. 打碎[非正式]

They will have to bust the door to get him out. 他們將不得不砸碎門把他弄出來(lái)。

2. V-T If someone is busted, the police arrest them. 逮捕[非正式] [usu passive]

They were busted for possession of cannabis. 他們因持有大麻而被逮捕。

3. V-T If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal. 突襲[非正式]

Police busted an underground network of illegal sports gambling. 警察突襲了一個(gè)非法躰育賭博的地下網(wǎng)絡(luò)。

4. N-COUNT Bust is also a noun. 突襲行動(dòng)

Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust. 上周在巴拿馬最大的毒品突襲行動(dòng)中收繳了6噸可卡因。

5. ADJ A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down. 破産的[非正式]

It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks. 幫助破産銀行擺脫睏境的大部分費(fèi)用將由納稅人支付。

6. PHRASE If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down. 倒閉[非正式]

...a Swiss company which went bust last May. …去年5月倒閉的一家瑞士公司。

7. N-COUNT A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person. 半身像

...a bronze bust of Thomas Jefferson. …一座托馬斯·傑斐遜的半身銅像。

8. N-COUNT You can use bust to refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size. (女性的) 胸部

Good posture helps your bust look bigger. 好的姿勢(shì)可以使你的胸部看起來(lái)更豐滿。