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
- 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。 - 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。 - If trade doesn't improve soon, the industry will grind to a halt.
如果商业不迅速恢复景气,工业就要陷入停顿。 - Mervyn King, the Bank of England governor, said the British economy required a "painful" adjustment to higher energy and food prices, predicting the economy would grind to a halt for a year before recovering.
英国央行行长默文金(mervynking)表示,英国经济需要经历一次“痛苦的”调整,以适应更高的能源和食品价格,他预测英国经济将陷于停顿,一年之后才会复苏。 - Many developing nations are also in the midst of an economic slowdown, as Chinese demand for raw materials wanes and domestic credit booms grind to a halt.
许多发展中国家也已出现经济放缓,这是因为中国对原材料的需求大幅降低,国内信贷繁荣慢慢走到终点。 - Without it everything would grind to a halt.
没有了信任,一切活动都将趋于停滞。 - Why doesn't the whole economy grind to a halt?
为什么整个经济没有停顿下来? - In winter they almost grind to a halt.
到了冬天,它们会停止活动。 - 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。 - But on the current evidence don't expect America's recovery to grind to a halt.
但是就目前的情况来看,别指望美国的复苏会就此停止。
