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| 1 | T to prevent someone from doing something or prevent something from happening 阻止；制止 |
| Policies like this aren’ t going to stop crime. 这样的政策阻止不了犯罪。 |
| stop sb (from) doing sth A broken leg won’ t stop me from going. 断了一条腿也不能阻止我去。 |
| there’ s nothing to stop you There’ s nothing to stop you from asking him. He might agree. 你完全可以去问他。他可能会同意。 |
| | 1a | to prevent a payment from being made 停止支付；扣留 | | Did you stop the cheque? 你停止兑付那张支票了吗？ | |
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| 2 | I/T to no longer do something （使）停止；（使）停下来 |
| We stopped work and went for a drink. 我们停下工作去喝点东西。 |
| stop doing sth I want to stop smoking. 我想戒烟。 |
| Suddenly everyone stopped talking. 突然每个人都停下来不讲话了。 |
| | 2a | I if something stops, it does not continue 停下；停止 | | When the rain stops, I’ m going out. 雨停了我就出去。 | |
| | 2b | used for telling someone not to do something that they are doing 住手 | | Stop it! You’ ll hurt him! 住手！你会伤到他的！ | |
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| 3 | I to no longer move 停止移动；停下 |
| The car stopped at the traffic lights. 汽车在红绿灯处停了下来。 |
| Lots of people stopped and stared at the accident. 很多人停下来，盯着事故现场。 |
| | 3a | T to ask someone to stop walking or driving so you can talk to them 使停下；叫住 | | I stopped a woman and asked her for directions. 我叫住一名妇女问路。 | | He was stopped for speeding. 他因超速被警察拦住。 | |
| | 3b | I if a bus or train stops somewhere , it stops moving in order to let passengers on or off （汽车或火车）停靠 | | +at Does the train stop at Nice? 这趟火车在尼斯停吗？ | |
| | 3c | I to pause while you are moving or doing something so you can do something else 停下；中止 | | He stopped and listened before opening the door. 开门前他停下来听了一下。 | | Did you ever stop to think what might happen? 你是否停下来想过可能会发生什么事？ | | stop to do sth I stopped to get a drink of water. 我停下来去拿杯水喝。 | | +for I stopped at the shop for some cheese. 我在商店停下来买了些奶酪。 | |
| | 3d | to stop moving very unexpectedly 突然停下来 | |
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| 4 | I/T to no longer work , or cause something to no longer work （使）停止运行；（使）停止运转 |
| My watch has stopped. 我的表停了。 |
| Can you stop the engine? 你能关掉发动机吗？ |
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| 5 | I/T BRITISH spoken to stay at someone’ s house for a short time （在某人家）短暂停留，过访 |
| Have you got time to stop for a cup of coffee? 你能留下来喝杯咖啡吗？ |
| stop the night I stopped the night with Tom. 我在汤姆那儿过了一夜。 |
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| 6 | stop T to block something such as a pipe or hole so that water or another substance cannot go through it 填塞；阻塞 |
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| - | stop at nothing
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| to do anything to get what you want , even if it is very bad |
| 不择手段 |
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| They will stop at nothing to get him elected. 为了让他当选，他们会不择手段。 |
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| - | stop sth in its tracks
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| to prevent something from continuing |
| 使某事停止；使某事不再继续 |
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| Protests have stopped construction in its tracks. 抗议活动使建筑工程被迫中止。 |
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| - | stop short
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| to suddenly stop what you are doing or saying |
| 突然停下来 |
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| I started to explain but stopped short when I realized Adam was in the room. 我开始解释，但是意识到亚当在房间里，我突然停了下来。 |
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| - | stop short of (doing) sth
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| to not do something , although you almost do it |
| 险些做某事；差点儿做某事 |
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| I stopped short of telling him what I really thought. 我差点儿告诉他我的真实想法。 |
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| - | stop (you) in your tracks
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| to stop moving in a sudden way , or make you stop moving |
| 使突然停下来；使停下 |
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| - | there’ s no stopping sb
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| used for saying that it is impossible to prevent someone from doing something |
| 无法制止某人（做某事） |
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| There’ ll be no stopping him once he starts talking. 他一旦开始说话就没办法让他停下来。 |
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| - | what’ s stopping you (from doing sth)? informal
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| used for asking why someone does not do something |
| 为什么不能（做某事）呢？ |
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| ‘I can’ t just go to Australia.’ ‘What’ s stopping you?’ “我不能就这么去澳大利亚。”“为什么不能呢？” |
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| - | ˌstop ˈby |
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| | stop off | Please stop by my office. 请顺路到我的办公室来一下。 | |
| - | ˌstop ˈin |
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| | to stay at home 呆在家里；留在家里 |
| - | ˌstop ˈoff |
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| | to visit somewhere before continuing to another place 中途停留；顺便过访 | We stopped off in town on the way to Jenni’ s house. 去珍妮家的途中我们顺便到镇上去了一下。 | |
| - | ˌstop ˈout |
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| | to not come home at night 在外过夜 |
| - | ˌstop ˈover |
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| 1 | stop off | We stopped over in New York on our way to Seattle. 我们在去西雅图的途中曾在纽约停留。 | |
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| 2 | BRITISH informal to spend the night at someone’ s house 在（某人家）过夜 |
| - | ˈstop up |
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| | stop1 6 | We need to stop up that hole. 我们应当堵住那个洞。 | |
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