The rule had been broken in spirit if not in letter.

如果说从字面上还没有违反这条规则，在精神实质上它确已被违反了。

The wings of the airplane were broken in the flight.

机翼在飞行中折断。

The tree got broken in the snow.

这棵树在大雪中给弄断了。

His bone was broken in two places.

他的骨头有两处断了。

The horse has been well broken in.

这匹马受过良好的训练。

His ethmoid bone was broken in the accident.

他在这次车祸中筛骨骨折.

The eerie silence here is only broken in spring.

这里静得可怕，只有到春天才会热闹起来。

The old man had his wrist broken in the accident.

这位老人在事故中腕部摔坏了。

There lay the ruined wall, broken in many places.

倒毁的墙就在那里，很多都断裂了。

Einstein later writes the storm broken in my mind.

爱因斯坦后来写道暴风雨在我心中激荡。