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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

  • 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。
  • 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。
  • We saw the automobile grind to a halt when the engine blew up.
    我们看见那辆车因为发动机出故障而慢慢地停下来了。
  • Without it everything would grind to a halt.
    没有了信任,一切活动都将趋于停滞。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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 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。
  • 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。
  • Why doesn't the whole economy grind to a halt?
    为什么整个经济没有停顿下来?