icebreaker

noun

1. 破冰船
   a strong ship designed to break a way through ice, for example in the Arctic or Antarctic
2. （初次见面时）消除隔阂的行动，活跃气氛的话
   a thing that you do or say, like a game or a joke, to make people feel less nervous when they first meet

1. 破冰船
   An ice-breaker is a large ship which sails through frozen waters, breaking the ice as it goes, in order to create a passage for other ships.
2. N-COUNT 打破僵局的事物;活跃气氛的话
   An ice-breaker is something that someone says or does in order to make it easier for people who have never met before to talk to each other.
   1. This exercise can be quite a useful ice-breaker for new groups.
      这个活动可以有效地活跃新群体内的气氛。

1. So that icebreaker just makes you one of the crowd.
   所以这样的开场白会显得你只是个路人甲。
2. It is not enough to get your group together off site and have a few icebreaker games.
   仅仅是让你的队员都聚到一起，玩几次打破僵局的游戏是远远不够的。
3. The airlift operation was confirmed by China's official Xinhua news agency, which has a reporter aboard the Chinese icebreaker, the Xue Long, or Snow Dragon.
   中国官方媒体新华社证实了此次空中救援行动。中国破冰船雪龙号上有一名新华社记者。
4. ICEBREAKER# 2: Make a reference to something in the news, like a big win by a local sports team or a major world event.
   破冰方式2：对新闻发表一些看法，比如当地运动队的一场大胜或者世界上发生的大事。
5. Icebreaker# 2 is similarly stupid because the news story is utterly irrelevant to the reason that you're in the prospect's office.
   破冰方式2也比较愚蠢，因为这些新闻故事和你为什么出现在客户办公室里完全没有联系。
6. Icebreaker: I really appreciate that you're taking the time to meet with me when things are clearly so hectic. I'll bet one of the reasons that you're so busy is that you're getting ready for that big reorganization that was announced last week.
   你可以这样开始：我很荣幸您能在百忙之中抽空和我见面，我敢说你这么忙的原因之一是因为你在为上礼拜宣布的那次大规模重组做准备。
7. ICEBREAKER# 1: Compliment something in the prospect's office, such as the family photo, the motivational poster on the wall, the view out the window, etc.
   破冰方式1：称赞一下对方办公室里的某样东西，比如家庭照片、墙上的励志海报以及窗外的景色。
8. Illustrating the caution, China's State Oceanic Administration, which runs the Xue Long, posted a statement on its website quoting its captain, Wang Jianzhong, as saying he was working continuously to ensure the icebreaker itself wouldn't get trapped in the thick ice.
   负责雪龙号的中国国家海洋局在其网站上发表公告，援引雪龙号船长王建忠的话称，他正不断努力，确保雪龙号不要陷入厚冰层之中。
9. A heavy-duty U.S. icebreaker is steaming toward Antarctic waters to assist a Russian research ship trapped in ice since late last month and a Chinese vessel that got stuck offering support during a continuing drama near the South Pole, authorities said during the weekend.
   官方上周末称，美国一艘重型破冰船正前往南极海域，以营救自上月下旬以来一直受浮冰围困的一艘俄罗斯科考船以及一艘为援助俄罗斯船而同样被困的中国船只。
10. A second Chinese icebreaker, being built in China with Finnish assistance, is to be commissioned this year.
    中国正在芬兰的帮助下建造另外一艘破冰船，这艘破冰船将于今年开始服役。
11. Also, Xue Long Captain Wang Jianzhong said he was working continuously to ensure that the icebreaker wouldn't get trapped in the thick ice, according to a report posted Thursday on the website of China's State Oceanic Administration.
    中国国家海洋局网站上周四发表的一篇报道说，雪龙号船长王建忠说，他正在持续努力，确保这艘破冰船不会被困在厚冰中。
12. Icebreaker# 1 is a dumb move because almost everybody who comes into that office for the first time makes that exact same remark.
    破冰方式1非常呆板，因为几乎所有走进那间办公室的人都会发表相同的评论。
13. ICEBREAKER# 3: Make a remark that lets the prospect know that you have put some thought into the prospect and the prospect's firm.
    破冰方式3：发表一些评论令对方知道你对他和他的公司有一点想法。
14. An Australian icebreaker where the previously stranded scientists and tourists are now biding their time was asked Friday night to stand by to offer possible assistance to the Xue Long.
    澳大利亚一艘破冰船上周五夜间被要求待命，向雪龙号提供可能的援助。此前受困的科学家和游客们正在这艘破冰船上等待撤离。
15. Icebreaker: I noticed from your LinkedIn bio that you used to work in the telecom industry. What was the biggest challenge that you faced, as an executive, moving into a new industry?
    你可以这样开始：我从你的LinkIn简历上看到你曾经在电信行业工作过，对你来说进入一个新的行业遇到的最大的挑战是什么呢？
16. Will take you in anything but an icebreaker.
    会把你的船当破冰船来用。
17. You could use your unique hobby or interest as a conversation-starting icebreaker that the employer will appreciate.
    你可以用你特殊的爱好或兴趣，作为一个谈话的开始，雇主会欣赏这个打破僵局的开头的。
18. That party needed an icebreaker to make it less formal!
    要想变得不那么正式，得有什么在派对上活跃气氛。
19. A United States coastguard icebreaker left port in Alaska last week to join a Canadian icebreaker to conduct a seismic survey of the Beaufort seabed north of the Yukon-Alaska border.
    一艘美国海岸警卫队破冰船上周从阿拉斯加海港启航，与一艘加拿大破冰船会合，对加拿大育空地区（Yukon）与阿拉斯加边境以北的波弗特（Beaufort）海床进行地震勘测。
20. For another icy adventure, take a cruise on the Sampo icebreaker, the world's only tourist icebreaker.
    如果还想体验另一种冰上历险，乘坐世界上唯一的观光破冰船「桑普号」航游一番吧。
21. An annual freshman icebreaker called "Dickerella," in which women and men pair off for trips to a local burger Joint named Dick's, has become a farce.
    一年一度使新生气氛活跃的活动叫“迪克莱拉”，在活动中男女生配成对一起到当地一个汉堡包快餐店去就餐，这项活动已经成了滑稽的事。
22. An "ice-breaker" helps you introduce yourself or introduce a third party, if an icebreaker is sociable, friendly, and polite, it can act like a bridge to quickly shorten the distance between strangers.
    一个“破冰者”能够帮助你作自我介绍，或者介绍第三者给大家认识。如果破冰者善于交际，待人友好有礼，那他就能充当缩短陌生人间距离的桥梁。
23. In either event, the coffee question seems to be an effective question or an icebreaker for a date.
    在这两种情况下，咖啡的问题似乎是一个有效的提问或破冰船的日期。
24. The Ministry said an icebreaker was expected to reach their vicinity early Tuesday.
    交通部表示，一艘破冰船预计在周二凌晨到达其附近。
25. Who knew a hairy ass could be such an icebreaker?
    谁能想到那毛茸茸的肥屁股，还能如此打开局面？
26. Perovich was chief scientist on Ice Station SHEBA, a yearlong drift of an icebreaker frozen into the Arctic pack ice.
    裴洛维奇也是席巴海冰研究站的首席科学家，他搭乘的破冰船与北极浮冰冻结在一块儿，一起漂流了一年。
27. Linda Drake travelled onboard an icebreaker ship to get to Snow Hill Island, which lies off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
    琳达在向着雪山岛的破冰船上进行她的旅游，这座岛坐落在北冰洋半岛的东海岸附近。
28. Based on the basic principle and the key technique of explicit nonlinear finite element method, a finite numerical simulation method of icebreaker ice collision is explored.
    基于显式非线性有限元法的基本理论和关键技术，探索破冰船冲撞冰层的有限元数值仿真方法。
29. Western cultures, following the Opium War, entered China, and the most attractive were those modern science and techniques, with natural science as the icebreaker against Chinese cultural barriers.
    ***战争后，西方文化传入中国，先进分子最先感兴趣、予以接受的是西方近代科学技术，自然科学成为了西学东渐的排头兵，成为了摧毁中国文化壁垒的破冰船。

noun

1. a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere
   1. he told jokes as an icebreaker

2. a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation

   Synonym:    iceboat