1、shatter

(使)粉碎;(使)破碎;(使)碎裂

safety glass that won't shatter if it's broken.

被打破后也不会碎裂的安全玻璃

The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph crash.

汽车在时速为 200 英里时发生撞车，炸成了数以千计燃烧的碎片。

使(梦想、希望或信念)粉碎;(使)破灭

A failure would shatter the hopes of many people.

一次失败会使很多人希望破灭。

Something like that really shatters your confidence.

那样的事情会让人的信心严重受挫。

使非常惊愕;使受到极大打击

He had been shattered by his son's death.

儿子的死让他大受打击。

the tragedy which had shattered his life.

给他的生活造成重创的悲剧

2、break through

冲破；突破

Protesters tried to break through a police cordon.

抗议者们试图冲破警察的封锁线。

About fifteen inmates broke through onto the roof.

大约15名犯人闯到了屋顶上。

（克服困难或障碍）取得突破

There is still scope for new writers to break through.

仍有一些领域需要新作家们去开拓。

I broke through the poverty barrier and it was education that did it.

我摆脱了贫困，这要归功于教育。

显现；显露

Despite everything, Elizabeth's human side keeps breaking through.

不管怎样，伊丽莎白还是不断显露出其作为普通人的一面。

Sunlight had broken through the clouds.

阳光冲破了云层。