standstill

Word family

stand·still /ˈstændˌstɪl/ noun [singular]

NOT MOVINGa situation in which there is no movement or activity at all 静止（状态）；停顿，停滞

come to a standstill/bring something to a standstill

Strikers brought production to a standstill.

罢工者使生产陷于停顿。

at a standstill

Traffic was at a standstill.

交通堵塞了。

Examples from the Corpus

standstill• Retailers, home sellers and transportation companies from airlines to freight haulers saw activity brought to a standstill in the blizzard.• If the electric power could be cut, industry everywhere would be brought to a standstill.• So many people attended his funeral in Cheltenham, that the town was brought to a standstill.• When Hardin did arrive at the capital world, it was to find all normal business at an absolute standstill.• Sinn Fein is excluded from peace talks that are now at a virtual standstill.• And bringing an already faltering economy to its knees, transport workers brought the country to a virtual standstill in December.

at a standstill• Shipbuilding work at the Scotstoun yard has been at a standstill for a fortnight since pay negotiations broke down.• With construction at a standstill, the dam stood half-complete across the buck River in Columbia, Tennessee.• Everything is at a standstill and so many people in the underground, just sitting there with nowhere to go.• Meanwhile, talks aimed at ending the strike remain at a standstill.• He was at a standstill for just 7.5secs and returned with his lead still intact.• Hospitals were reduced to emergency cover, schools were closed, and much of industry was at a standstill.• Traffic was at a standstill on the freeway.• However, enormous problems remained: inflation remained high, unemployment was rising and many areas of production were at a standstill.• The pressure intensified and opium sales were at a standstill by 1838 when Lin Tse-hsu was appointed imperial commissioner in Canton.

From Longman Business Dictionary

standstillstand·still /ˈstændˌstɪl/ noun [singular]

a situation in which there is no movement or activity

Strikes brought production to a standstill.

The negotiations are basically at a standstill.

Chinese

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Corpus

BNC: 11241 COCA: 15581

standstill

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + STANDSTILL | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤complete, dead, total完全／死一樣／徹底停滯

▸➤near, virtual近乎／實際上停滯

VERB + STANDSTILL

➤come to, grind to停下來；陷於停頓

◇The train came to a complete standstill.火車完全停了下來。

➤bring sth to使⋯停下來

◇The roadworks brought the traffic to a standstill.道路維修使交通陷入了停頓。

PREPOSITION

➤at a standstill處於停頓中

◇The factory has been at a standstill for days.這家工廠已經停工好幾天了。

BNC: 11241 COCA: 15581

standstill noun
⇨ stop (bring sth to a standstill) ⇨ at a standstill ⇨ still adj.

BNC: 11241 COCA: 15581

standstill

Lack of action or activity: inaction, avoidance, standstill...