| 单词 | put a stop to sth |
| 释义 | put a stop to sthput a stop to sth 1 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop an activity that is harmful or unacceptable 结束某事，停止某事〔指有害或者不被人接受的活动〕 We must put an end to their threats. 我们必须让他们停止威胁。 Examples from the Corpus put a stop/an end to something• That put an end to any stunt deemed risky, Weiss says.• This trite communication put an end to Emma's overtures and she began to fade from their lives.• Thus the event of her puberty puts an end to her pure childhood.• Her old feeling for him had returned; she was determined to put an end to his sufferings and bring him home.• It was Gloucester who chose to put an end to it.• To put an end to such exalted talk, I asked Mendl to tell me about Spats-making machinery.• Judge Frossard, it seems, wanted to put an end to the inertia.• Swiftly introduce new legislation to put an end to the trauma and misery suffered by child witnesses in court proceedings.• It's time the community worked together to put an end to the violence. → put a stop/an end to something at put(1) 2 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto prevent something from continuing or happening 制止某事，使某事停下来 The government is determined to put a stop to the demonstrations. 政府决心制止游行示威。 Examples from the Corpus put a stop to something• I thought I'd put a stop to this nonsense!• But the inquest put a stop to all that.• If I remember correctly, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put a stop to that.• The law officers should put a stop to the practice forthwith.• This should put a stop to the sort of attempt made by Hanson after it had successfully taken-over Imperial.• She decided to put a stop to their relationship.• There are some very dubious practices and we want to put a stop to them.• An attempt to annex nearby Epizephyrian Lokri was put a stop to by Hiero in 478.• They was charging people a dollar to see him before West put a stop to it. → put a stop to something at stop2(4) |
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