breakaway
noun [ C ] uk/ˈbreɪ.kə.weɪ/ us/ˈbreɪ.kə.weɪ/
（尤指意见分歧导致的）脱离
an act of separating from a group, especially because of disagreement
The sports association accepted the inevitability of a breakaway by the elite clubs. 体育协会接受了精英俱乐部将脱离协会这一不可避免的事实。
The breakaway group formed a new political party. 脱离出去的团体组建了新的政党。
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- The country experienced a series of regional conflicts and breakaways.
- One more crisis or breakaway and the party could be finished.
- Retaking control of the breakaway regions was his priority.
- What are they going to do—start their own breakaway religion?
- Many of the people on the list were part of the breakaway faction.
- Most riders in the peloton usually don't know who is in the breakaway.
- Teams defending the yellow jersey will usually devote riders to chasing down breakaways.
- Their senior guard scored a breakaway basket to put his team on top.
- The team were forced to rely on breakaway runs from their star forward.