| 1. | The israeli air force might bloody them and break the back of the offensive .
以色列空军就可以把他们打得头破血流，并且粉碎埃及投入这场攻势的主力。 |
| 2. | Defeat in north carolina seemed to break the back of the entire fundamentalist crusade .
在北卡罗来纳的失败，似乎使整个原教旨主义运动再也无能为力了。 |
| 3. | One mistake broke the back of the whole enterprise
一次错误即伤了整个事业的元气。 |
| 4. | It took them all day to break the back of the job
他们干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。 |
| 5. | 例 ： now that you ' ve broken the back of the job , have a rest
你既然已经完成了这项工作的主要部分，那就休息一下吧。 |
| 6. | Break the back of sth
完成某事的最艰难部分 |
| 7. | It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job
全组人员干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。 |
| 8. | Rising oil prices might be the straw that breaks the back of the eurozone ' s weak recovery
欧元区的复苏本来就很虚弱，油价上升可能中止这一复苏。 |
