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
- 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。 - 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。 - Why doesn't the whole economy grind to a halt?
为什么整个经济没有停顿下来？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - In winter they almost grind to a halt.
到了冬天，它们会停止活动。 - Without it everything would grind to a halt.
没有了信任，一切活动都将趋于停滞。 - 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。 - 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。