grind to a halt
英 [ɡraɪnd tu ə hɔːlt]
美 [ɡraɪnd tu ə hɔːlt]
逐渐停止; 慢慢瘫痪; （车辆）声音刺耳地缓缓停下
英英释义
verb
双语例句
- But without them, industries worth trillions of dollars would grind to a halt.
但如果没有稀土，价值数万亿美元的工业都得渐渐停产。 - We saw the automobile grind to a halt when the engine blew up.
我们看见那辆车因为发动机出故障而慢慢地停下来了。 - All it takes is a single loaded comment tossed into any SOA discussion ( which then becomes a rhetorical hand grenade), and you can watch all useful conversation grind to a halt.
只需要在任何SOA讨论中扔出一句火药味十足的话（随后将成为一个修辞“手榴弹”），然后就可以看着原本有用的讨论瞬时间陷入一片静寂。 - Without it everything would grind to a halt.
没有了信任，一切活动都将趋于停滞。 - Blues boss Mourinho felt the hit-man fully deserved a new deal and now expects the transfer rumours to grind to a halt.
蓝军主教练穆利尼奥认为这名锋线杀手完全应该得到新合同，并且期望转会的谣传可以被粉碎。 - If we don't do something soon, the whole theatre industry could grind to a halt.
如果我们不尽快采取措施，整个戏剧行业将会出现萧条。 - Why doesn't the whole economy grind to a halt?
为什么整个经济没有停顿下来？ - Greece is expected to grind to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of state and private workers stage a general strike.
希腊数十万国企和私营企业职工举行大罢工，希腊将有可能第二次在一个月之内逐渐瘫痪。 - Their proposal, published in the journal Physical Review D, claimed dark energy does not exist and that time was winding down to the point when it would finally grind to a halt long after the planet ceased to exist.
他们的理论发表在《物理评论（基本粒子、场论、宇宙学）》上，文章说宇宙中不存在暗能量。当地球消失后，时间也会一点点变慢，最终完全停止。 - In winter they almost grind to a halt.
到了冬天，它们会停止活动。