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haltHhBlt, $hB:ltn [U]停住，停止，中止The workers are blaming the new computer system for the halt in production.工人们责怪新的计算机系统使生产停顿。Severe flooding has brought trains to a halt (=prevented them from moving) on several lines in Scotland.严重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.这辆公共汽车刚好及时地刹了车，避免撞上了墙。If traffic increases beyond a certain level, the city grinds to a halt / comes to a grinding halt (=stops completely).如果交通增长超过一定水平，城市就处于瘫痪状态了。The car screeched to a halt just as the lights turned red.这辆车刚好在交通灯变成红灯时嘎地刹住了车。If you call a halt to something you prevent it from continuing.阻止…继续How many more people will have to die before they call a halt to the fighting?在他们结束冲突之前还要死多少人?
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