n. 停止, 立定, 休息 vt. 使停止, 使立定 vi. 立定, 停止, 蹒跚, 踌躇, 有缺点
We realize that we can't get back the resources we've given, so we persevere—investing in a project that should be halted, staying in a relationship that should be over, or finishing a book we no longer enjoy and should put down, because we're already halfway through it.
六级 · CET-6 2025年12月 第2套
These are generally known as “phantom” traffic jams, in which dense traffic crawls to a halt for no apparent reason at all.
四级 · CET-4 2025年6月 第3套
A phantom jam begins when a car in dense traffic slows down even slightly, which causes the car behind that vehicle to slow even more — and the slowing action spreads backward through the lane of traffic like a wave, getting worse the farther it spreads, Eventually, the cars far behind are forced to stop completely or risk hitting the slower vehicles ahead — and so the traffic grinds to a halt over nothing, Horn said.
四级 · CET-4 2025年6月 第3套
But progress has halted in recent years.
六级 · CET-6 2024年6月 第1套
What may be one of the reasons for Germany's progress having halted in recent years?
六级 · CET-6 2024年6月 第1套