clean break

基本解釋

For Obama to succeed, they argued, the country needed to see his Inauguration as a clean break, a new sunrise.
為了奧巴馬的順利，他們堅持，全國人民需要把他的就職典禮視為一個全新的突破，旭日的升起。
The 1688 political settlement made such a clean break that it was, according to one observer, like “melting [the Government] down and make it all new”.
1688年政治風(fēng)波的平息創(chuàng)造了一個徹底的局面。一位評論員稱，“就好像瓦解了政府，并使其脫胎換骨，重獲新生。
Some saw this as a reference to allegations that a few of MAN’s employees had paid bribes to win contracts, and that by leaving Mr Samuelsson would allow a clean break with the past.
一些人認為，哈坎的辭職涉及到了一些指控，這些指控透露少部分男子漢公司的雇員曾經(jīng)通過行賄來爭取合同，而薩繆爾森的離開可以使得公司和從前有個徹底的了結(jié)。

Sadly, many people are just too dependent on them to make a clean break.
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What is better for our health, a clean break or a tether back to the office?
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After all, GM supposedly made a clean break with its past when it filed for bankruptcy in June 2009.
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