halt, cease, discontinue, stop
这组词都可表示“中断”“停止”。它们的区别在于:
1.在指某种状态或活动的结束时, stop和cease可以互换。
2.stop是这几个词当中概念最广泛,使用最多、最普通的词。cease的概念较窄,语气较严肃,是正式用语。discontinue也是正式用语。
3.stop既可指运动或行为的迅速中断,又可指某种状态或活动的结束；cease主要指某种状态或活动的结束或不复存在；discontinue则指长期存在着的习惯或习惯性的活动中止了；halt指骤然有力地终止。
cease，pause，stop，halt，quit，end
这些动词都含有“停止”之意。
cease指逐渐、徐徐中止某种状态的存在。书面用词。
pause指暂时的、瞬间的停顿，隐含有再进行之意。
stop指动作、运行、进展等被停下来，含突然、断然的意味。
halt侧重突然地、决定性地终止、停止某一活动。
quit指最终彻底停止某事，有时暗示遭到失败或面临挫折。
end多指“自然的结束”。如：
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。
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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。
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She braked to a halt and switched off.
她刹车停下，然后将车熄火。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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.
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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。
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The colonel ordered "Halt!"
上校命令道：“立定！”
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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.
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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。
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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”。
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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。
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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.
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The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。
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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.
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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。
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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。
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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。
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He called for a halt to the recent wave of emigration.
他呼吁停止近期的移民潮.
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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。
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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.
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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。
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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。
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No one can halt the advance of history.
没人能阻挡历史的前进.
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The Pope called for a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.
教皇呼吁不要滥杀无辜。
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The train pulled to a halt at the platform.
火车在站台边停下。
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