also heart-break, "overwhelming grief or sorrow," 1570s, from heart (n.) + break (n.). Expression break (someone's) heart is from c. 1400. Related: Heartbreaking.
实用例句
1. Recent events had obviously been a heartbreak for him.
最近发生的一系列事件显然让他伤心不已。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They suffered the heartbreak of losing a child through cancer.
他们因癌症夺去了一个孩子而肝肠寸断。
来自《权威词典》
3. After so much heartbreak she just pined away.
经历了这么多伤心事之后她日渐憔悴了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Ellis Island became known as Heartbreak Island among immigrants.
