halt是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to (cause to) stop moving or doing something or happening -- （使）停止，停下

  • "Halt!" called the guard. "You can't go any further without a permit." “站住！”警卫喊道，“没有通行证不能入内。”

  • Production has halted at all of the company's factories because of the pay dispute. 由于工资纠纷，这家公司所有工厂都停产了。

  • Security forces halted the demonstrators by blocking the road. 警卫部队用封路的办法来制止示威者前进。

• 1 an occasion when something stops moving or happening -- 停止，停下，中止

  • the recent halt in production 最近的停产

  • Severe flooding has brought trains to a halt (= prevented them from moving) on several lines in Scotland. 凶猛的洪水使苏格兰几条铁路线上的火车停驶。

  • The bus came to a halt (= stopped) just in time to avoid hitting the wall. 公共汽车正好及时停下，没有撞到墙上。

  • If traffic increases beyond a certain level, the city grinds to a halt (= stops completely). 如果交通流量的增长超过一定限度，城市就会陷于瘫痪状态。

  • The car screeched to a halt (= stopped suddenly and noisily) just as the lights turned red. 这辆车就在信号灯变红时嘎吱一声刹住了车。

  • How many more people will have to die before they call a halt to the fighting? 还要死多少人他们才会停战？