halt
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still. 使停住; 停住
They halted at a short distance from the house. 他们停在离房子不远处。
2. V-T/V-I When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely. 使完全停止; 完全停止
Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. 昨天,汽车厂的罢工工人完全停止了生产。
3. V (esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective (尤指逻辑或诗韵)有缺陷; 不流畅
4. N an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress (活动、运动或进展的)中止; 终止
5. N lameness 跛; 瘸[archaic]
6. N/SENTENCE SUBSTITUTE a command to halt, esp as an order when marching 立定!; 停止前进!(尤用于行军中)
7. ADJ lame 跛的; 瘸的
8. ADJ (as collective noun; preceded by the) (用作集体名词,前面加)the
the halt
9. PHRASE If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately. 决定停止
The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region. 俄罗斯政府已经决定停止在罗斯托夫地区的一个新工程的修建。
10. PHRASE If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving. 停止移动
The lift creaked to a halt at the ground floor. 电梯嘎吱一声停在了底楼。
11. PHRASE If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a halt or is brought to a halt, it stops completely. 完全停止
Her political career came to a halt in December 1988. 她的政治生涯于1988年12月彻底结束了。
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halt /hɔːlt/ (halting,halted,halts)
剑桥词典
- to (cause to) stop moving or doing something or happening
- The government has had to take measures to halt the population explosion .
- The government must take measures , he said, to halt the country's slide into recession .
- The ever-increasing demand for private cars could be halted by more investment in public transport .
- Filming was halted after the lead actor became ill .
- Building at the site was halted after human remains were unearthed earlier this month . 返回 halt
(使)停止,停下
"Halt!" called the guard . "You can't go any further without a permit ." “站住!”警卫喊道,“没有通行证不能入内。”
Production has halted at all of the company's factories because of the pay dispute . 由于工资纠纷,这家公司所有工厂都停产了。
Security forces halted the demonstrators by blocking the road . 警卫部队用封路的办法来制止示威者前进。
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