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The car came to a halt just in time to prevent an accident.

汽车及时停了下来,避免了一场车祸.

The train began to pull out of the station — then suddenly shuddered to a halt.

火车渐渐驶出了车站，然后突然猛震几下停了下来。

Her political career came to a halt in December 1988.

她的政治生涯于1988年12月画上了句号。

He called for a halt to the recent wave of emigration.

他呼吁停止近期的移民潮.

It's time to call a halt to vandalism.

现在是要求人们停止破坏文物的时候了.

The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.

电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。

The activists were shot when they refused to obey an order to halt.

这些激进分子因拒不服从停止前进的命令而被击毙。

What was needed, he said, was decisive action to halt what he called these savage crimes.

他说，当务之急就是采取果断行动制止他所称的“这些野蛮罪行”。

The Pope called for a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.

教皇呼吁不要滥杀无辜。

The peace process has ground to a halt while Israel struggles to form a new government.

当以色列竭力组建新政府的时候，和平进程已经陷于停顿。

The cop signaled traffic to halt to allow pedestrians to cross the street.

警察指示车辆停下以便让行人过街.

A black Mercedes screeched to a halt beside the helicopter.

一辆黑色的梅赛德斯轿车在直升机旁嘎的一声刹住了。

Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath.

索菲娅和亚历克斯停了下来，两人都想喘口气。

When the children's play got too noisy, their mother called a halt.

当孩子们的游戏过于吵闹时, 他们的母亲叫他们停下来.

The car hurtled past us, scraping the wall and screeching to a halt.

汽车从我们身边疾驰而过，蹭到墙壁上然后戛然刹住。

He came to a halt at a crossroads fifty yards further on.

他在往前50码远的十字路口停了下来。

The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.

由于燃油被人抽走，这些坦克行驶了100码后又轰隆隆地缓缓停了下来。

He slammed on the brakes and the car juddered to a halt.

他猛踩刹车，汽车在剧烈震动中停下来。

The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.

俄罗斯政府已叫停了罗斯托夫地区的一个新工程。

No one can halt the advance of history.

没人能阻挡历史的前进.

The colonel ordered "Halt!"

上校命令道：“立定！”

A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.

一道拦河坝将会在上游拦住水流，抬升水位。

A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the petrol tank.

如果把水灌进油箱，汽车会猛然间停下来。

She braked to a halt and switched off.

她刹车停下，然后将车熄火。

The production lines ground to a halt for hours while technicians tried to debug software.

生产线停工达数小时之久，在此期间技术人员试图纠除软件错误。

The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open.

这架波音767刚刚停住，它的舱门就弹开了。

The purpose was to halt the rise in the exchange rate of the Swiss franc.

目的在于制止瑞士法郎兑换率上涨.

The train pulled to a halt at the platform.

火车在站台边停下。

We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.

我们得采取纠偏行动来阻止这个国家的衰落。