| 单词 | call a halt (to something) |
| 释义 | call a halt (to something)call a halt (to something) to stop an activity from continuing 中止，停止(某事) I urge those responsible to call a halt to the violence. 我敦促肇事者停止暴力行径。 Examples from the Corpus call a halt (to something)• The charade at the White House today about calling a halt to politics is transparently hypocritical.• When she got the blade of the shove between her teeth and began to worry it I called a halt.• They ought to see that and just call a halt.• Here General McDowell called a halt.• On the Monday before her wedding-day, Diana gave serious consideration to calling a halt to the whole affair.• Objectives of this kind threaten to impoverish the nation and will cause the electorate to call a halt.• Surely it is time to call a halt to all vehicles on the pavement.• Small wonder many women call a halt. → call a halt (to something) at halt1(1) |
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