Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, 3rd person singular present tense halts, present participle halting, past tense, past participle halted
1V-ERG (使)停止行进;(使)停住 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)停止行进;(使)停住
They halted at a short distance from the house. [VERB]
他们在离房子不远处停了下来。
The engine note changed as the aircraft landed, taxied and halted. [VERB]
发动机的声音随着飞机着陆、滑行和停下一直在变化。
She held her hand out flat, to halt him. [VERB noun]
2V-ERG (使)(生长、发展、活动等)停止(或中止) When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely. (使)(生长、发展、活动等)停止(或中止)
Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. [VERB noun]
罢工工人于昨日停止了汽车厂的生产。
He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline. [VERB noun]
他批评政府未能遏止经济下滑。
Exports have not been halted completely because another line is operational.
3VERB (军队口令)立定!站住!停止前进! 'Halt!' is a military order to stop walking or marching and stand still. (军队口令)立定!站住!停止前进!
The colonel ordered 'Halt!' [VERB]
上校命令道:“立定!”
4N-COUNT (只有小型站台、无建筑物的)小火车站 A halt is a very small station on a country railway line, which often consists only of a short platform and no building. (只有小型站台、无建筑物的)小火车站 [British]
5PHRASE 下令停止;叫停 If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately. 下令停止;叫停
The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
俄罗斯政府已叫停了罗斯托夫地区的一个新工程。
6PHRASE 停止移动;停下 If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving. 停止移动;停下
Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath.
索菲娅和亚历克斯停了下来,两人都想喘口气。
The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。
7PHRASE (使)(生长、发展、活动等)完全停止 If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a halt or is brought to a halt, it stops completely. (使)(生长、发展、活动等)完全停止
Her political career came to a halt in December 1988.
她的政治生涯于1988年12月画上了句号。
Air traffic in Poland has been brought to a halt by an air traffic controllers' strike.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HALT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤abrupt, sudden突然的停止◇The bus came to an abrupt halt outside the school.公共汽車在學校外面猛地停了下來。➤crashing, grinding, screeching, shuddering猛的停住;慢慢停住;嘎然而止;震動着停下◇The strike brought the capital city to a grinding halt.罷工使首都漸漸陷入癱瘓。◇The plan suddenly came to a screeching halt.計劃突然緊急停止了。➤complete, dead全部/徹底停止▸➤immediate立即停止▸➤temporary暫時停止➤virtual差不多停止VERB + HALT➤come to, draw to, grind to, lurch to, screech to, shudder to, skid to, slide to停下來;慢慢停止;嘎然而止;震動着停下;滑行後停下◇The economy seems to be grinding to a halt.經濟似乎漸漸停滯下來。◇The car skidded to a halt just inches from the river.汽車滑到離河邊只有幾英寸的地方才停住。➤bring sth to, put使⋯停止◇Production was brought to a temporary halt when power supplies failed.電力供應中斷,生產暫時停止了。◇enough jobs to put a halt to emigration可以使人們停止移居他國的足夠多的工作機會➤call叫停◇Scientists have decided to call a halt to the tests.科學家決定停止試驗。➤call for, demand要求停止➤order命令停止◇They have ordered a halt to local elections.他們已下令停止地方選舉。PREPOSITION➤halt in⋯的終止◇a halt in nuclear testing核試驗的終止➤halt to⋯的停止◇The protesters are calling for a halt to the export of live animals.抗議者要求停止活體動物的出口。halt
verb
ADVERB | VERB + HALT | PHRASESADVERB➤virtually差不多停止▸➤effectively事實上停止◇The strike effectively halted production at the factory.罷工使得這家工廠的生產實際上陷入了停頓。➤abruptly, immediately, suddenly驟然/立即/突然停止◇All these ideas for expansion were abruptly halted by the outbreak of war.所有的拓展構思都因戰爭爆發而突然擱置下來。➤briefly, temporarily短暫/暫時停止▸➤finally終於停止VERB + HALT➤attempt to, try to試圖停止▸➤threaten to威脅要停止▸➤fail to未能制止◇We are failing to halt the destruction of the rainforest.我們未能制止對熱帶雨林的破壞。PHRASES➤halt in your tracks突然止步◇A sudden shout made them halt in their tracks and look around.突如其來的一聲喊叫令他們止步張望。➤halt sth in its tracks使⋯中途停止◇The project has been halted in its tracks by this intervention.開發計劃由於這次干涉而中途擱置起來。