breach
- n. 违反, 破坏
- v. 突破
- v. 破坏
- Definition
- n. an act of breaking a law, agreement, or relationship
- v. to break through
- v. to break an agreement
- Example
- The company suffered a serious security breach last month.
- 该公司上个月发生了一起严重的安全漏洞事件。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to break a rule, law, or agreement (verb).
比较义项：违反（规则、法律或协议）（动词）。
- break
The most general and informal of the three; used for almost any rule, promise or law, often a single lapse; common in everyday speech, with no legal or official tone.
这是三者中最通用、最口语化的词，几乎可用于任何规则、承诺或法律，通常指一次性的违反行为，常见于日常口语，不带法律或正式色彩。
He broke his promise to call me back that evening.
他违背了当晚给我回电话的承诺。
- violate
More formal than break; typically collocates with laws, rights, regulations or treaties; implies a clear, serious infringement, common in legal, official or journalistic writing.
比 break 更正式，常与法律、权利、法规或条约搭配，暗示明确而严重的侵犯行为，多见于法律、官方或新闻语境。
The factory has repeatedly violated environmental protection laws.
这家工厂多次违反环境保护法。
- breach 本词
The most formal and legal of the three; used almost exclusively with agreements, contracts, duties or protocols; often used as a noun (a breach), implying a formal violation.
三者中最正式、最具法律色彩的词，几乎只用于协议、合同、义务或规程，常作名词使用（a breach），暗示正式的违反行为。
The bank breached its duty of confidentiality by leaking client data.
这家银行泄露客户数据，违反了保密义务。
Break, violate, and breach all mean to fail to follow a rule, law, or agreement. Break is the most general and informal, used for almost any rule. Violate is more formal, often used with laws or rights. Breach is the most formal, used for agreements.
这三个词在“违反规则、法律或协议”这一意义上相近，但语体和搭配不同：break 最口语、最笼统，violate 更正式，常用于法律、权利或法规，breach 最正式，几近专用于“违反协议或合同”，且常作名词使用。这里不比较 break 的“打破、休息、故障”等其他意义，也不比较 breach 的“突破、缺口”等意义。