A fracture is a slight crack or break in something, especially a bone.
例句
At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture.超過90歲的所有女性中至少有1/3已經出現髖骨骨折。
V-ERG
(使)(輕微)骨折;(使)斷裂
If something such as a bone is fractured or fractures, it gets a slight crack or break in it.
例句
You've fractured a rib, maybe more than one...你的一根肋骨斷了，可能不止一根。One strut had fractured and been crudely repaired in several places...一根撐木出現了裂痕，有幾處已進行了粗略的修補。
V-ERG
(使)分裂;(使)解散
If something such as an organization or society is fractured or fractures, it splits into several parts or stops existing.
例句
His policy risks fracturing the coalition...他的政策有分裂聯盟的風險。It might be a society that could fracture along class lines.它可能成為一個階級分化的社會。