1STOP MOVINGSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENING[singular] a stop or pause 停止,停住;暂停
Heavy snowfalls brought traffic to a halt (=made it stop moving).
大雪使得交通陷于停顿。
The World Championship was brought to a temporary halt (=was stopped from continuing).
世界锦标赛暂停举行。
come/grind/screech etc to a halt (=stop moving or continuing) 停下/慢慢停下/发着尖锐的声音停下等
The whole peace process seems to have ground to a halt.
整个和平进程似乎已经停滞。
The car skidded to a halt.
汽车打着滑停了下来。
The president has called for a halt to the wave of emigration.
总统呼吁遏制移民国外的热潮。
2call a halt (to something)to stop an activity from continuing 中止,停止(某事)
I urge those responsible to call a halt to the violence.
我敦促肇事者停止暴力行径。
Examples from the Corpus
call a halt (to something)• The charade at the White House today about calling a halt to politics is transparently hypocritical.• When she got the blade of the shove between her teeth and began to worry it I called a halt.• They ought to see that and just call a halt.• Here General McDowell called a halt.• On the Monday before her wedding-day, Diana gave seriousconsideration to calling a halt to the whole affair.• Objectives of this kind threaten to impoverish the nation and will cause the electorate to call a halt.• Surely it is time to call a halt to all vehicles on the pavement.• Small wonder many women call a halt.
3.[countableC]British EnglishBrE a place in the countryside where a train stops to letpassengers get off, but where there is no station 〔乡村地区没有车站建筑物的〕小火车站
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
bring something to a halt (=make something or someone stop moving)
Paris was brought to a halt by striking transport workers.
something/somebody comes to a halt (=something or someone stops moving)
In front of them, the truck gradually slowed down and came to a halt.
something grinds to a halt (=something stops very slowly – used for emphasis)
Just ahead, he could see traffic grinding to a halt.
something screeches/shudders/skids/jolts to a halt (=a vehicle stops very quickly and noisily – used for emphasis)
The car skidded to a halt and three men jumped out.
something draws to a halt (=a vehicle slows down and stops)
As the train drew to a halt, people started to get off.
call for a halt to something (=publicly ask for something to stop)
The government has called for a halt to the violence.
order a halt to something (=officially say that something must stop)
Judge Marquez ordered a halt to logging on Indian lands.
demand a halt to something (=firmly ask for something to stop)
Irish farmers demanded a halt to imports of British cattle.
put a halt to something (=stop something suddenly)
The news put a halt to our celebrations.
adjectives
an abrupt halt (=one that is sudden and unexpected)
His career came to an abrupt halt when he was seriously injured in a road accident.
a sudden halt
My happiness was brought to a sudden halt by the death of my father.
a premature halt (=one that is sooner than expected)
Bad weather brought the game to a premature halt.
a temporary halt
The game was brought to a temporary halt when the floodlights failed.
an immediate halt
The government called for an immediate halt to the fighting.
a complete halt
Wendy had slowed down, almost to a complete halt.
a grinding halt (=one that happens slowly – used for emphasis)
One accident can bring the whole road system to a grinding halt.
a shuddering halt (=one in which a vehicle shakes noisily as it stops moving)
He slammed his foot on the brake pedal, bringing the truck to a shuddering halt.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HALT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤abrupt, sudden突然的停止◇The bus came to an abrupt halt outside the school.公共汽車在學校外面猛地停了下來。➤crashing, grinding, screeching, shuddering猛的停住;慢慢停住;嘎然而止;震動着停下◇The strike brought the capital city to a grinding halt.罷工使首都漸漸陷入癱瘓。◇The plan suddenly came to a screeching halt.計劃突然緊急停止了。➤complete, dead全部/徹底停止▸➤immediate立即停止▸➤temporary暫時停止➤virtual差不多停止VERB + HALT➤come to, draw to, grind to, lurch to, screech to, shudder to, skid to, slide to停下來;慢慢停止;嘎然而止;震動着停下;滑行後停下◇The economy seems to be grinding to a halt.經濟似乎漸漸停滯下來。◇The car skidded to a halt just inches from the river.汽車滑到離河邊只有幾英寸的地方才停住。➤bring sth to, put使⋯停止◇Production was brought to a temporary halt when power supplies failed.電力供應中斷,生產暫時停止了。◇enough jobs to put a halt to emigration可以使人們停止移居他國的足夠多的工作機會➤call叫停◇Scientists have decided to call a halt to the tests.科學家決定停止試驗。➤call for, demand要求停止➤order命令停止◇They have ordered a halt to local elections.他們已下令停止地方選舉。PREPOSITION➤halt in⋯的終止◇a halt in nuclear testing核試驗的終止➤halt to⋯的停止◇The protesters are calling for a halt to the export of live animals.抗議者要求停止活體動物的出口。halt
verb
ADVERB | VERB + HALT | PHRASESADVERB➤virtually差不多停止▸➤effectively事實上停止◇The strike effectively halted production at the factory.罷工使得這家工廠的生產實際上陷入了停頓。➤abruptly, immediately, suddenly驟然/立即/突然停止◇All these ideas for expansion were abruptly halted by the outbreak of war.所有的拓展構思都因戰爭爆發而突然擱置下來。➤briefly, temporarily短暫/暫時停止▸➤finally終於停止VERB + HALT➤attempt to, try to試圖停止▸➤threaten to威脅要停止▸➤fail to未能制止◇We are failing to halt the destruction of the rainforest.我們未能制止對熱帶雨林的破壞。PHRASES➤halt in your tracks突然止步◇A sudden shout made them halt in their tracks and look around.突如其來的一聲喊叫令他們止步張望。➤halt sth in its tracks使⋯中途停止◇The project has been halted in its tracks by this intervention.開發計劃由於這次干涉而中途擱置起來。