grind to a halt

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AllAll,嘎地一声停下来嘎地一声停下来,慢慢停下来慢慢停下来,慢慢停止慢慢停止
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1.
The reactions grind to a halt over the next few days, as the falling Jenga towers run out of other towers they can actually hit.
在接下来的几天，反应渐渐停止，就像积木堆撞倒其他塔一样。
zài jiē xià lái de jǐ tiān , fǎn yìng jiàn jiàn tíng zhǐ , jiù xiàng jī mù duī zhuàng dǎo qí tā tǎ yí yàng 。
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2.
If all the migrants were to leave, Beijing would grind to a halt.
那是因为我们希想让他们留下来，我们需要他们留下来；如果农民工都走了，北京就会陷入停顿。
nà shì yīn wèi wǒ men xī xiǎng ràng tā men liú xià lái , wǒ men xū yào tā men liú xià lái ; rú guǒ nóng mín gōng dōu zǒu le , běi jīng jiù huì xiàn rù tíng dùn 。
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3.
The free flow of new ideas slows down and newer, better ways of doing things grind to a halt.
新想法的自由交流变得缓慢，那么更新的更好的做事方式就会停滞不前了。
xīn xiǎng fǎ de zì yóu jiāo liú biàn de huǎn màn , nà me gēng xīn de gèng hǎo de zuò shì fāng shì jiù huì tíng zhì bù qián le 。
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4.
At the beginning of the recent global financial crisis, many feared that the Chinese growth engine would grind to a halt.
在最近的全球金融危机开始之初，许多人担忧中国经济增长引擎会熄火。
zài zuì jìn de quán qiú jīn róng wēi jī kāi shǐ zhī chū , xǔ duō rén dān yōu zhōng guó jīng jì zēng zhǎng yǐn qíng huì xī huǒ 。
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Every thirty seconds, the server experiences a huge storm of disk-writing activity, causing the system to nearly grind to a halt.
每隔30秒，服务器就会遇到磁盘写活动高峰，导致系统几乎陷于停顿。
měi gé sān shí miǎo , fú wù qì jiù huì yù dào cí pán xiě huó dòng gāo fēng , dǎo zhì xì tǒng jī hū xiàn yú tíng dùn 。
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6.
"Sometimes we feel the whole place is about to grind to a halt, " sighs a prominent businessman.
一位声名显赫的商人叹道，“有时候我们会觉得整个这个地方会突然停止运转。”
yī wèi shēng míng xiǎn hè de shāng rén tàn dào , " yǒu shí hou wǒ men huì jué de zhěng gè zhè ge dì fang huì tū rán tíng zhǐ yùn zhuǎn 。 "
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He cites capacitors and connectors, without which much of the modern world would grind to a halt.
他举了电容器和连接器的例子，没有这两样产品，现代世界将大面积陷入停顿。
tā jǔ le diàn róng qì hé lián jiē qì de lì zǐ , méi yǒu zhè liǎng yàng chǎn pǐn , xiàn dài shì jiè jiāng dà miàn jī xiàn rù tíng dùn 。
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8.
Rather, the whole business world will face the storm of the century and commerce could literally grind to a halt.
相反，整个世界将面临世纪风暴，商业将基本停滞。
xiāng fǎn , zhěng gè shì jiè jiāng miàn lín shì jì fēng bào , shāng yè jiāng jī běn tíng zhì 。
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9.
if we queried everything that struck us as less than perfectly straight, working life would grind to a halt.
如果我们对每件不那么光彩的事都提出质疑，职场生活就会陷入停滞。
rú guǒ wǒ men duì měi jiàn bù nà me guāng cǎi de shì dōu tí chū zhì yí , zhí chǎng shēng huó jiù huì xiàn rù tíng zhì 。
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10.
Cities grind to a halt Power lines collapse and water supplies freeze. Cars won't start. Roads are cut off by ice.
城市陷于瘫痪。电线倒塌，供水系统结冰。汽车不能启动。道路被冰雪切断。
chéng shì xiàn yú tān huàn 。 diàn xiàn dǎo tā , gōng shuǐ xì tǒng jié bīng 。 qì chē bù néng qǐ dòng 。 dào lù bèi bīng xuě qiē duàn 。
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