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seize upv adv [I] infmlto stop being able to move or work in the usual way出故障,失灵The washing machine seized up on Thursday and they can't come to repair it till next week.星期四的时候洗衣机卡壳了,要到下星期他们才能来修理。The traffic had seized up for miles because of the roadworks.由于道路施工,几英里的车流被堵住了。After a couple of hours of working on the figures his brain started to seize up.处理数据几小时后他的脑子开始发蒙了。If the banking system collapses, the whole economy could seize up because of a lack of credit.如果银行系统崩溃,那么整个经济便会因缺少信贷而停滞。
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