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grind (obj)graIndv [always + adv/prep] infmlTo grind is to do something unpleasant or uninteresting, or to do it in an unexciting way.做单调乏味的事;无精打采地做…The after-dinner speeches ground on for two hours. [I]饭后的演说单调乏味地进行了两个小时。The orchestra ground out the same tunes it has been playing for twenty years. [M]管弦乐队单调乏味地演奏着它奏了二十年的同样的曲子。We ground through 50 pages of closely written text before we found the information we were looking for. [I]我们乏味地翻阅了50页印得很密的书面说明之后，才找到我们要寻找的资料。The car slowed down and ground to a halt (= stopped slowly) at the traffic lights.汽车放慢速度慢慢地在交通灯前停了下来。(fig. ) If we don't do something soon, the whole theatre industry could grind to a halt/ standstill (= slowly come to an end).如果我们不快点采取行动，整个戏剧行业将会慢慢陷于停顿。
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