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| /hɔːlt/ |
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| | a temporary or permanent stop in a process 暂停；停止；终止 | +to He has appealed for a halt to the fighting. 他已请求暂停交战。 | | +in an unforeseen halt in road construction 道路施工过程中没有提前预料到的停顿 | | | a | a temporary or permanent stop in movement 暂停前进；停住 | | bring sth to a halt Traffic was brought to a halt by the demonstration. 游行造成了交通堵塞。 | | come/draw to a halt The taxi came to a halt outside his front door. 出租车在他的前门门口停住了。 | | skid/screech/shudder etc to a halt The bus rocked and skidded to a halt. 公共汽车剧烈晃动了一下，然后打着滑停了下来。 | | |
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| - | call a halt (to sth)
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| to end something , often by a formal or official decision |
| （正式）停止，终止 |
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| The referee decided to call a halt only twenty minutes into the match. 比赛才进行了20分钟裁判就决定终止比赛。 |
| Pattie finally called a halt to the relationship 18 months later. 18个月后帕蒂终于结束了这段关系。 |
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