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单词 halt
释义
halt
verb[IorT]
uk
/hɒlt/us
/hɑːlt/
to (causeto)stopmovingor doing something orhappening:
（使）停止，停下
"Halt!" called theguard. "You can't go anyfurtherwithout apermit."“站住！”警卫喊道，“没有通行证不能入内。”
Productionhas halted at all of the company'sfactoriesbecause of thepaydispute.由于工资纠纷，这家公司所有工厂都停产了。
Securityforceshalted thedemonstratorsbyblockingtheroad.警卫部队用封路的办法来制止示威者前进。
More examples
  • Thegovernmenthas had to takemeasuresto halt thepopulationexplosion.
  • Thegovernmentmust takemeasures, he said, to halt the country'sslideintorecession.
  • The ever-increasingdemandforprivatecarscould be halted by moreinvestmentinpublictransport.
  • Filming was halted after theleadactorbecameill.
  • Building at thesitewas halted afterhumanremainswereunearthedearlierthismonth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing something to end
  • abandon
  • abandonment
  • all good things (must) come to an endidiom
  • and have done with itidiom
  • be over the humpidiom
  • draw
  • killsomethingstone-deadidiom
  • knock
  • knock off (something)
  • lay
  • laysomeoneto restidiom
  • lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
  • lid
  • lift
  • raise
  • staunch
  • stem
  • stopper
  • stranglesomethingat birthidiom
  • subdue
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halt
noun[S]
uk
/hɒlt/us
/hɑːlt/
anoccasionwhen somethingstopsmovingorhappening:
停止，停下，中止
therecenthaltinproduction最近的停产
Severefloodinghasbroughttrainsto ahalt(=preventedthem frommoving)on severallinesinScotland.凶猛的洪水使苏格兰几条铁路线上的火车停驶。
Thebuscame to ahalt(=stopped)just intimetoavoidhittingthewall.公共汽车正好及时停下，没有撞到墙上。
Iftrafficincreasesbeyond acertainlevel, thecitygrindsto ahalt(=stopscompletely).如果交通流量的增长超过一定限度，城市就会陷于瘫痪状态。
Thecarscreechedto ahalt(=stoppedsuddenlyandnoisily)just as thelightsturnedred.这辆车就在信号灯变红时嘎吱一声刹住了车。
call a halt tosomething
topreventsomething fromcontinuing:
停止，中止
How many morepeoplewill have todiebefore theycalla halt to thefighting?还要死多少人他们才会停战？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Staying and remaining
  • closeted
  • hang
  • hold
  • holdsomethingover
  • hung
  • keep (herself) toherselfidiom
  • outstay
  • overstay
  • overwinter
  • remain
  • remaining
  • rest
  • spot
  • stand
  • stick around
  • stop
  • stop in
  • tarry
  • tenured
  • untenured
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Cancelling and interrupting
Causing something to end
(Definition ofhaltfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

halt| American Dictionary

halt
verb[I/T]
us
/hɔlt/
tostopsomething, or tobringsomething to astop:
[I]"Halt!"orderedtheguard.
[T]Congressvotedadditionalfundsin aneffortto halt thespreadof thedisease.
[T]Nationwide,maildeliverywas halted by thestrike.

halt

noun[U]us
/hɔlt/
Allworkhad come to a halt and everyone wasstandingsilentlyattheirdesks.
(Definition ofhaltfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhalt

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Are we spending too much, too little, or about the right amount on halting the rising crime rate?
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Even if all transmission between flocks was halted in 2000, the minimum size of the outbreak would be almost 300 farms.
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In fact, a stopping rule is optimal if and only if it has a halting state [12].
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At the moment, there are no indications that the downward slide could be halted.
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After syncytial fusion the cascade of apoptosis seems to be halted for several weeks.
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Once the certificate had been issued, rent increased very rapidly until the depression of the 1820s halted the trend (see figure 5).
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In this case the operator has to be informed about the cause of the problem and the system has to be halted.
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Practical work was halted, when appropriate, so that the teacher could summarise and consolidate learning.
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A halted configuration may contain a scalar value or an array.
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However, that region evolves rapidly and spreads quickly, halting when the disturbance spans a region enveloping the destabilizing bump.
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The flow of distanceless uniformity where all is carried away and mixed up is halted thereby.
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Interviewers had visited 1882 addresses by the time fieldwork was halted.
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At some point, it seems as if none of the pieces you have can be combined any further and your progress has halted completely.
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From then on, the democratisation process could not be halted.
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If no such tuple can be found, the computation halts giving xs as result.
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Collocationswithhalt

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These are words often used in combination withhalt.

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abrupt halt
But such collaboration came to anabrupthalt.
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complete halt
It also brings the rhythmic activity of the accompaniment to acompletehaltfor the only time in the aria.
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immediate halt
It demands animmediatehaltto the violence and early negotiations to find a political settlement to the crisis.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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