break the news to

基本解释

He had to break the news to her.
他不得不曏她泄露那消息。
To break the news to her gently, I took her to an expensive club where a black woman sang these love songs.
爲了能盡量讓分手的消息不過分刺激她，我帶她去了一家很貴的餐館。那兒有個黑人女歌手唱著這類情歌。
But he can’t handle the work any more so I’m going to have to break the news to him that it’s time for him to retire.
但是他現在已經不能再勝任這個工作了，所以，我不得不去告訴他這個不好的消息。那就是：現在是他退休的時候了。

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