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
- 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。 - Why doesn't the whole economy grind to a halt?
为什么整个经济没有停顿下来？ - 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。 - Their proposal, published in the journal Physical Review D, claimed dark energy does not exist and that time was winding down to the point when it would finally grind to a halt long after the planet ceased to exist.
他们的理论发表在《物理评论（基本粒子、场论、宇宙学）》上，文章说宇宙中不存在暗能量。当地球消失后，时间也会一点点变慢，最终完全停止。 - 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。 - 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。 - In winter they almost grind to a halt.
到了冬天，它们会停止活动。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。