all but几乎, 差不多
例句:She all but fainted when she heard the news.
听到那消息, 她差点晕过去。
除了…之外(都)
例句:All but one of the passengers were killed in the accident.
除了一个乘客外, 其他人都在这起事故中丧生。
2.White landowners broke up their big farms into smaller pieces of land.
break up结束
例句:The party breaks up and the neighbors hurry home.
宴会就此结束, 邻居们匆匆地赶回家去。
(使)破碎, 分解
例句:The specs fell on the cement floor and broke up.
眼镜掉在水泥地上破掉了。