English Dictionary

breach

[bɹiːtʃ]

verb

(transitive) To make a breach in. / (transitive) To violate or break. / (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

The hackers were able to breach the company's security system.

意味（1）

(transitive) To make a breach in.

They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.

意味（2）

(transitive) To violate or break.

I therefore agree with the Court that the Government did breach its contract with petitioners in failing to approve, within 30 days of its receipt, the plan of exploration petitioners submitted.

意味（3）

(transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

意味（4）

(intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.

The fearless whale-fishermen now found themselves in the midst of the monsters; ... some ... came jumping into the light of day, head uppermost, exhibiting their entire bodies in the sun, and falling on their sides into the water with the weight of a hundred tons, and thus breaching with a crash that the thunder of a park of artillery could scarcely equal.

意味（5）

(law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.

[…]the Pre-Sentence Report states that: He was breached by the probation officer within several months of the commencement of the Probation Order for failing to report as he relocated to another Province and did not report there as directed.[…]