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
- 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。 - Why doesn't the whole economy grind to a halt?
为什么整个经济没有停顿下来？ - But on the current evidence don't expect America's recovery to grind to a halt.
但是就目前的情况来看，别指望美国的复苏会就此停止。 - 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。 - If trade doesn't improve soon, the industry will grind to a halt.
如果商业不迅速恢复景气，工业就要陷入停顿。 - 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。 - In winter they almost grind to a halt.
到了冬天，它们会停止活动。 - All it takes is a single loaded comment tossed into any SOA discussion ( which then becomes a rhetorical hand grenade), and you can watch all useful conversation grind to a halt.
只需要在任何SOA讨论中扔出一句火药味十足的话（随后将成为一个修辞“手***”），然后就可以看着原本有用的讨论瞬时间陷入一片静寂。