1·He strode into the ocean, breasting the waves.
他挺胸顶着波浪大步走进海里。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·For the gently inclined and extremely-thin vein, the mining methods including breasting method, waste-lifting stoping, resue stoping, long walling were usually adopted.
对于缓倾斜极薄矿脉的开采，通常采用全面法、削壁充填法、选别回采、长壁法等采矿方法。