pausing

英 [ˈpɔːzɪŋ]

美 [ˈpɔːzɪŋ]

v.  暂停; 停顿; (按暂停键)暂停放音，暂停放像
pause的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 停顿；暂停
  If youpausewhile you are doing something, you stop for a short period and then continue.
  1. 'It's rather embarrassing,' he began, and paused...
     “非常令人难堪，”他开口道，然后停顿了一下。
  2. He had to pause to clear his throat...
     他不得不停顿一下清清嗓子。
  3. He worked steadily, and fast, pausing only to toss away clumps of grass roots...
     他平稳快速地工作着，只在扔掉草根块儿时停顿一下。
  4. On leaving, she paused for a moment at the door...
     离开时，她在门口停顿了一下。
  5. He talked for two hours without pausing for breath.
     他一连说了两个小时，都没有停顿一下喘口气。
• N-COUNT 停顿；暂停
  Apauseis a short period when you stop doing something before continuing.
  1. After a pause Alex said sharply: 'I'm sorry if I've upset you'...
     歇了一会儿后，亚历克斯毫不客气地说：“要是让你心烦了，那我很抱歉。”
  2. There was a pause while the barmaid set down two plates in front of us.
     酒吧女招待在我们面前摆放两个盘子时停顿了一下。
• PHRASE 使认真考虑；使犹豫
  If somethinggivesyoupause for thought, it makes you think carefully about something, especially in a different way than you have thought about it before.
  1. An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.
     反对派发言人说他希望协议能够让他们仔细想想暴力行为毫无意义。

双语例句

• It is worth pausing to consider his words.
  他的话值得我们停下来考虑考虑。
• He worked steadily, and fast, pausing only to toss away clumps of grass roots
  他平稳快速地工作着，只在扔掉草根块儿时停顿一下。
• As you write, enter entire words without pausing after each letter, and leave space between words.
  书写时，不必每写完一个字母后作停顿，可输入整个单词并在单词之间留出空格。
• I eabled it without pausing to consider what the consequences might be.
  我没有踌躇，没有考虑后果如何就发了电报。
• Without pausing to draw breath she told me everything.
  她气也不喘一口就告诉了我所有事情。
• I began to wonder if he was pausing to give her time to watch him.
  我纳闷，索皮是不是为了给她时间，让她注意它而停步。
• The implication of this is we end up being pulled into endless distractions without pausing to really think.
  这暗示着我们最终会因无数的事物分神，而没有暂停去真正思考。
• So I found terminology of Mark Twain pausing though the overall materialistic feel I'm used to.
  所以我发现马克吐温的用词很不坚定，尽管我之前觉得他的观点很物质化。
• Without pausing to analyze, make a list of your actions that you felt hindered your career last year.
  不要停下来分析，将去年一年里你觉得阻碍了工作的行为都列出来。
• I remember my first thought, he says, pausing for a moment.
  我还记得我当时的第一反应，他说到这里顿了一下。