| 单词 | halt |
| 释义 | halt (hɔːlt ) Word forms: halts , halting , halted 1. verb When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still. They halted at a short distance from the house. [VERB] The engine note changed as the aircraft landed, taxied and halted. [VERB] She held her hand out flat, to halt him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: stop, draw up, pull up, break off 2. verb When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely. Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. [VERB noun] He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline. [VERB noun] The flow of assistance to Vietnam's fragile economy from its ideological allies has virtually halted. [VERB] Synonyms: hold back, end, check, block 3. verb 'Halt!' is a military order to stop walking or marching and stand still. The colonel ordered 'Halt!' [VERB] 4. countable noun A halt is a very small station on a country railway line, which often consists only of a short platform and no building. [British] Synonyms: stop, end, close, break 5. to call a halt phrase If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately. The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region. 6. to a halt phrase If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving. Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath. The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor. 7. to a halt phrase If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a halt or is brought to a halt, it stops completely. Her political career came to a halt in December 1988. Air traffic has been brought to a halt by an air traffic controllers' strike. Collocations: complete halt But traffic soon ground to a complete halt. The Sun But even the rains are unlikely to bring hostilities to a complete halt. Globe and Mail A pandemic now could bring a complete halt to an early recovery from the current recession. ST It mustn't be so high that you grind to a complete halt: it's a matter of experimenting. Times, Sunday Times The truce resulted in a lull in the cross-border bombardment, but not a complete halt. Times, Sunday Times Some protestors demand a halt to uranium mining in their country and throughout the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rural campaigners and opposition parties demanded a halt to the scheme, which has enraged residents across the country. Times, Sunday Times The group was proceeding in the normal manner, scoring the options, when one man suddenly demanded a halt. Times, Sunday Times In a highly unusual move they decided to halt the plan. Times, Sunday Times Diplomacy has proved quite unable to halt his plan to create a wasteland and call it peace. Times, Sunday Times Rising costs and the lack of a big sponsor had threatened to halt the plans. Times, Sunday Times These changes have been slid in surreptitiously and there must be some attempt to halt the process if it cannot be reversed. Times, Sunday Times An objection by a single country could still halt the process, and a number of states have appeared sceptical. Times, Sunday Times By the time the next president takes office, however, it will probably be too late to halt the process. Times, Sunday Times Labour has confirmed it will not try to halt the process. The Sun This would halt the process of finding a path that stops with the first non-dense point. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Activists have been seeking to halt the project and have launched a campaign on social media. Times, Sunday Times The proposal angered local area merchants and residents, who formed a petition to halt the project. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the seven-year construction, three hurricanes threatened to halt the project. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An environmental watchdog group sued to halt the project, unsuccessfully. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Western planned a limited edition of 500 pairs at $5000 each, but halted the project after selling only 16 pairs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And watchdogs warned ministers are at risk of missing their target to halt the rise by 2010. The Sun Last month an influential report by three government watchdogs said ministers were at risk of missing their target to halt the rise in childhood obesity by 2010. Times, Sunday Times First you must halt the rising tide of cuts. Times, Sunday Times Are there ways of lowering the alcohol levels, or at least of halting the rise? canada.com In an effort to halt the rising tide of republicanism, the king slimmed down the royal family, reducing those on the payroll to only four. Times, Sunday Times It halted the sale and has begun legal action. Times,Sunday Times He was given a mandate to halt the sales slide and launched a review to find a winning formula. The Sun Officials in at least six states halted the sale of the securities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fortunately, even this oxygen of publicity surely cannot halt his slide into celebrity extinction. Times, Sunday Times The chancellor will try to halt the slide by saying he will stick to plans that assume a slowdown in the growth of public spending. Times, Sunday Times Something must be done to halt the slide. The Sun Two things have to happen to halt the slide - an easing of the credit crunch and a recovery in confidence. Times, Sunday Times The central bank raised its main lending rate by a total of 11.5 points last year to try to halt the slide. Times, Sunday Times The recovery effort has frequently been hindered by dangerously high levels of poisonous gas, forcing rescue workers to halt their operation. Times, Sunday Times This weekend a tropical storm forced workers to halt the operation but the relief well should be completed within three weeks. Times, Sunday Times However, the authority has temporarily halted the operation before a single fox has been caught after thousands of people signed a protest petition. Times, Sunday Times Defending the stance, a government spokesman said rules that force companies to halt their operations after causing imperceptibly small tremors had been set 'in consultation with industry'. Times, Sunday Times Proceedings were halted briefly while the instructors investigated. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Then a health scare briefly halted another show. The Sun (2013) Tunnel shuttle trains were briefly halted at 5am while the authorities dealt with the incident. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But there are fears that such restrictions may not halt development. Times, Sunday Times When their descendants got wind of plans to have it deconsecrated, some threatened to set up camp there to halt development. Times, Sunday Times He was well aware that listing the site would halt development, but he also knew that doing so would compel the state to pay the developer. Times, Sunday Times They tried to halt development, to avoid more flood damage until existing problems could be solved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But after construction started in 1975, economic constraints and political unrest halted development after four years. The Sun Instead of trying to halt growth, he started working with builders to hammer out environmentally friendly land-use policies before their projects even got off the drawing board. Globe and Mail It concluded that although the ball treatment decreased the fouling rate it was not enough to completely halt growth and brushing was occasionally necessary to restore capacity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The great depression of the 1930s halted growth, although defaults were not as severe as in the 1870s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were 269-6 when the players shook hands with bad light about to halt play. The Sun The hooter went again to halt play at 6.24. Times, Sunday Times The rain, already in the air, halted play with nine overs remaining. Times, Sunday Times For the second evening running, darkness halted play at 9.13pm with the fifth set tied at 59 games all. Times, Sunday Times Thirty-two players had yet to complete their second rounds after lightning halted play for one hour and 37 minutes. Times, Sunday Times If the accumulation of this substance can be prevented, it may be possible to slow or halt progress of the disease. Times, Sunday Times But if you expose cells to chemicals or radiation, cut off their oxygen, infect them with a virus, or trigger some other immune response, p53 levels rise to halt progress. Christianity Today Making a wrong choice will simply halt progress or return you to the previous scene to try again. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But behind the scenes halting progress was being made. Times, Sunday Times It has halted progress down one path and started proceeding down another. Times, Sunday Times The 4x4 continued for 150 yards before halting suddenly. The Sun (2011) BORROWERS are being warned about taking competitive mortgage deals offered by foreign banks after one lender suddenly halted sales. Times, Sunday Times (2012) PANICKED passengers were warned " we have five minutes' fuel left " as they circled Heathrow after landings were suddenly halted. The Sun (2020) He might have declared a touch earlier when play was halted temporarily after half past five. Times, Sunday Times Before the cull, which was halted temporarily earlier this month because of high temperatures, the park had about 20,000 elephants, 47,000 buffaloes and 7,500 hippos. Times, Sunday Times Driving rain and wind caused play to be halted temporarily because the greens were flooded. The Sun At one stage in the match, the hugely partisan crowd spilled onto the pitch, with the match having to be halted temporarily. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rail traffic was also halted temporarily. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They cannot control a game and when it slips away they cannot halt the flow. Times, Sunday Times The minute we pass the rider at the rear he accelerates around and ahead of us to halt the flow at the next junction. Times, Sunday Times If properly enforced it could interrupt thousands of omelettes, halt the flow of mimosas and eclipse the joy of otherwise respectable people all over the city. Times, Sunday Times The leak has halted the flow of 130,000 barrels of crude per day, the company said. Times, Sunday Times Some of the spectacle was caused by the looseness of the game, and long injury stoppages and endless replacements often halted the flow. Times, Sunday Times The hope was that the operation would halt the progression of his spinal cord damage. Times, Sunday Times Discontinuation of topiramate may halt the progression of the ocular damage, and may reverse the visual impairment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The antidotes work by blocking the enzyme responsible for metabolizing ethylene glycol and therefore halt the progression of poisoning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although the concept of non-progressive cancers may seem implausible, basic scientists have begun to uncover biologic mechanisms that halt the progression of cancer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No medication has been clearly shown to delay or halt the progression of the disease. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Protection zones have been set up to halt the spread. The Sun (2017) But experts last night warned it will not halt the spread of the virus. The Sun (2014) Will their taxes repave our pot-holed roads or halt the spread of suburban shanties caused by a grotesque housing shortage? The Sun (2015) They were down 10 per cent at one point, temporarily halting trading. Times,Sunday Times Half of the 2,800 firms on the stock market halted trading in their shares as part of the moves. The Sun The rally suggested that those strong-arm efforts are finally bearing some fruit, but the market remains semi-frozen as about 50 per cent of companies have halted trading in their shares. Times, Sunday Times It halted trading and said that customers' assets would be marked down to 75 per cent of their value as it went through bankruptcy proceedings. Times, Sunday Times The exchange halted trading after a software glitch prevented it from quoting accurate share prices. Times, Sunday Times Police said that the migrants had been preparing to place tree trunks and other obstacles in the road to halt traffic. Times, Sunday Times They may halt traffic or detour traffic because of the situation and the dangers involved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The accident happened at a railway crossing less than a mile from the beach, which had no barrier to halt traffic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Video footage shows a man then dousing the busy road in a flammable liquid and setting it ablaze - halting traffic and causing a mass evacuation. The Sun The chocolate quickly solidified and halted traffic in both directions. Times, Sunday Times Faced with such an utter catastrophe, any sane person would demand an immediate halt to all state recruitment. The Sun Factories, transport and power plants across a huge area ground to an immediate halt. Times, Sunday Times The resolution would call for an immediate halt to the fighting and spell out the conditions for a political agreement involving the deployment of an international force. Times, Sunday Times But the public mood, deeply critical of his failure to call for an immediate halt to the destruction, had forced him to change his stance. Times, Sunday Times Accordingly, all conflict among family members was required to come to an immediate halt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That would help put a halt to that dreadful inch-and-stop earthwormhaul of plugged-in gazers all pausing to goggle and listen at precisely the same point. Times, Sunday Times In his new three-part series we learn how he's going global to try to put a halt to over-fishing. The Sun The changes, that take effect today, could put a halt to acrimonious litigation that can exhaust the assets that a divorcing couple are fighting over. Times, Sunday Times While the album was finished just ahead of lockdown, the pandemic put a halt to the live shows they had planned. The Sun Not to answer questions but to ask them, to put a halt to the responding and get on with the acting. Times, Sunday Times But on the last run, his serene progress came to a sudden halt. Times, Sunday Times (2008) His accident brought his career to a sudden halt. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But five booming years will soon come to a sudden halt. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Even more than Hillsden's, the rooms were characterless, devoid of personal possessions -- only a temporary halt for a transient. THE ENDLESS GAME (2001) The war forced only a temporary halt to tourism, which has remained a mainstay of the economy. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This results in a temporary halt to operations and administration of nitroglycerin. Living with Angina (1991) Senators are angry and the confirmation process has come to a virtual halt, for all ambassadorships, serious and unserious. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday that lending came to a virtual halt as nervous banks hoarded cash. Times, Sunday Times As with many property investors, the collapse of credit markets over the past two years has bought new investment to a virtual halt. Times, Sunday Times When a car approaches on the opposite side of the road, slow to a virtual halt. The Sun Economists say the economy has ground to a virtual halt amid fears of a global downturn. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 停止, 停住 Japanese: 停止, 停止する |
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