halt
[VERB]
call a halt
1. 决定停止
If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately.
双语例句
例：The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
俄罗斯政府已经决定停止在罗斯托夫地区的一个新工程的修建。
to a halt
1. 停止移动
If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving.
双语例句
例：The lift creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
电梯嘎吱一声停在了一楼。
2. 完全停止
If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a halt or is brought to a halt, it stops completely.
双语例句
例：Her political career came to a halt in December 1988.
她的政治生涯于1988年12月彻底结束了。
PHRASE. 习语
halts , halting , halted
1. [I 不及物动词] 使停住 , 停住
When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still.
双语例句
例：They halted at a short distance from the house.
他们在离房子不远处停了下来。
2. [I 不及物动词] 使完全停止 , 完全停止
When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely.
双语例句
例：Striking workers halted production at the car factory yesterday.
罢工工人昨天停止了汽车生产。
VERB. 动词
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