grind to a halt
英 [ɡraɪnd tu ə hɔːlt]
美 [ɡraɪnd tu ə hɔːlt]
逐渐停止; 慢慢瘫痪; (车辆)声音刺耳地缓缓停下
英英释义
verb
双语例句
- Greece is expected to grind to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of state and private workers stage a general strike.
希腊数十万国企和私营企业职工举行大罢工,希腊将有可能第二次在一个月之内逐渐瘫痪。 - Their proposal, published in the journal Physical Review D, claimed dark energy does not exist and that time was winding down to the point when it would finally grind to a halt long after the planet ceased to exist.
他们的理论发表在《物理评论(基本粒子、场论、宇宙学)》上,文章说宇宙中不存在暗能量。当地球消失后,时间也会一点点变慢,最终完全停止。 - Many developing nations are also in the midst of an economic slowdown, as Chinese demand for raw materials wanes and domestic credit booms grind to a halt.
许多发展中国家也已出现经济放缓,这是因为中国对原材料的需求大幅降低,国内信贷繁荣慢慢走到终点。 - Mervyn King, the Bank of England governor, said the British economy required a "painful" adjustment to higher energy and food prices, predicting the economy would grind to a halt for a year before recovering.
英国央行行长默文金(mervynking)表示,英国经济需要经历一次“痛苦的”调整,以适应更高的能源和食品价格,他预测英国经济将陷于停顿,一年之后才会复苏。 - He cites capacitors and connectors, without which much of the modern world would grind to a halt.
他举了电容器和连接器的例子,没有这两样产品,现代世界将大面积陷入停顿。 - But without them, industries worth trillions of dollars would grind to a halt.
但如果没有稀土,价值数万亿美元的工业都得渐渐停产。 - Without it everything would grind to a halt.
没有了信任,一切活动都将趋于停滞。 - Without government action, he said, there was a risk that financial sector could grind to a halt.
他说,政府如果无所作为,金融体系就有完全停摆的危险。 - If we don't do something soon, the whole theatre industry could grind to a halt.
如果我们不尽快采取措施,整个戏剧行业将会出现萧条。 - The story is the same in almost every developed country: the bursting of the real estate bubble has caused property values to plummet, credit markets to seize up, and deal-flow to grind to a halt.
几乎每个发达国家的情形都一样:房地产泡沫破裂,导致房产价值暴跌、信贷市场失灵以及交易日趋枯竭。