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| 1 | I to stop moving or stop what you are doing for a short time before starting again 中断；暂停；间歇 |
| She paused at the door and then left. 她在门口驻足片刻，然后离开了。 |
| pause to do sth As we crossed the bridge, we paused to look at the boats. 我们经过大桥的时候，停下来看了看船。 |
| +for He paused for a sip of water before continuing his speech. 他停下来喝了一小口水，然后接着发言。 |
| pause for breath/thought He talked for ten minutes, scarcely pausing for breath. 他谈了10分钟，几乎没有停下来稍作喘息。 |
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| 2 | I/T to make a CD, video , or computer program stop for a short time by pressing a button 暂停（光盘、录像或计算机程序） |
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