This she knew would be a straw that would break the backs of Pittypat and Melanie.

她知道脱丧服这件事虽然微不足道，但皮蒂帕特和媚兰是死活不会同意的。

She would hold Tara, if she had to break the back of every person on it.

她要抓住塔拉，哪怕让这里的每个人都累断脊梁，也在所不惜！

I think we’ve broken the back of the job now.

【break】我想我们现在已经攻克这活儿的难关了。

Rising rates will slow the American economy and should break the back of inflation.

利率上升将减缓美国经济，应该会打破通货膨胀的支撑。

He broke the back of the roll against his knee and began to read.

他把书卷的背面靠在膝盖上， 开始读起来。

I broke the back of it, ripped out a handful of pages, and flung them and the book across the room to the corner where the broken records were.

我弄破了书脊，又撕下几页丢在地上，再把书扔到房间角落，和破碎的唱片丢在一起。

To do something like needle and syringe exchange programs or pre-exposure prophylaxis which is a pill usually used to treat HIV that can prevent HIV. That's what's needed to really break the back of the epidemic.

做一些针头和注射器交换计划或暴露前预防，这是一种通常用于治疗 HIV 的药丸，可以预防 HIV。这才是真正战胜流行病所需要的。