put an end to a restrictive pattern of events or behaviour by doing things in a markedly different way
打破常规，摆脱条条框框
his work did much to break the mould of the old urban sociology.他的工作对于打破旧的城市社会学模式起了很大作用。
his work did much to break the mould of the old urban sociology.
他的工作对于打破旧的城市社会学模式起了很大作用。