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
- In winter they almost grind to a halt.
到了冬天,它们会停止活动。 - Blues boss Mourinho felt the hit-man fully deserved a new deal and now expects the transfer rumours to grind to a halt.
蓝军主教练穆利尼奥认为这名锋线杀手完全应该得到新合同,并且期望转会的谣传可以被粉碎。 - 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。 - 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“手榴弹”),然后就可以看着原本有用的讨论瞬时间陷入一片静寂。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。