【stop】的翻译、意思

美: [stɑp]

英: [stɒp]

1.vt. 停止；堵塞；断绝

2.vi. 停止；中止；逗留；被塞住

3.n. 停止；车站；障碍；逗留

CET4   TEM4    ( stopping, stopped, stops ) 

1. [V-T/V-I] If you have been doing something and then you stop doing it, you no longer do it. 停止

例：Stop throwing those stones!别再扔那些石头了！

例：Does either of the parties want to stop the fighting?双方中有谁想停止战斗呢？

例：She stopped in mid-sentence.她说了半句就停下了。

2. [V-T] If you stop something from happening, or you stop something happening, you prevent it from happening or prevent it from continuing. 阻止

例：He proposed a new diplomatic initiative to try to stop the war.他提出了一个新的试图阻止战争的外交倡议。

例：He would do what he must to stop her from destroying him.他将做该做的事来阻止她把他毁了。

3. [V-I] If an activity or process stops, it is no longer happening. 停下

例：The rain had stopped and a star or two was visible over the mountains.雨停了，山上的天空可见一两颗星星。

例：The system overheated and filming had to stop.系统过热，拍摄工作不得不停下。

4. [V-T/V-I] If something such as machine stops or is stopped, it is no longer moving or working. 停止 (转动或工作)

例：The clock stopped at 11:59 Saturday night.钟在星期六晚11点59分停了。

例：Arnold stopped the engine and got out of the car.阿诺德关闭发动机然后下了车。

5. [V-T/V-I] When a moving person or vehicle stops or is stopped, they no longer move and they remain in the same place. 停下

例：The car failed to stop at an army checkpoint.那辆车未能在一个军队检查站停下。

例：He stopped and let her catch up with him.他停下了，让她赶上自己。

6. [N-SING] If something that is moving comes to a stop or is brought to a stop, it slows down and no longer moves. 停下

例：People often wrongly open doors before the train has come to a stop.人们常常在火车停下之前错误地打开车门。

7. [V-T/V-I] If someone does not stop to think or to explain, they continue with what they are doing without taking any time to think about or explain it. 停下来 (思考或解释)

例：She doesn't stop to think about what she's saying.她没有停下来想想自己在说些什么。

例：There is something rather strange about all this if one stops to consider it.如果停下来考虑一下，就会发觉这一切相当蹊跷。

8. [V-I] If you say that a quality or state stops somewhere, you mean that it exists or is true up to that point, but no further. 结束

例：The cafe owner has put up the required "no smoking" signs, but thinks his responsibility stops there.咖啡店老板已贴上所要求的“禁止吸烟”的标志，但他认为自己的责任到此为止。

9. [N-COUNT] A stop is a place where buses or trains regularly stop so that people can get on and off. 车站

例：The closest subway stop is Houston Street.最近的地铁站是休斯敦街。

10. [V-I] If you stop somewhere on a journey, you stay there for a short while. 停留一下

例：He insisted we stop at a small restaurant just outside of Atlanta.他坚持要我们在亚特兰大外的一家小餐馆停留一下。

11. [N-COUNT] A stop is a time or place at which you stop during a journey. 停留时间; 停留地

例：The last stop in Mr. Robinson's lengthy tour was Paris.鲁滨逊先生漫长旅程的最后一站是巴黎。

12. [[强调]] If you say that someone will stop at nothing to get something, you are emphasizing that they are willing to do things that are extreme, wrong, or dangerous in order to get it. 不顾一切

例：Their motive is money, and they will stop at nothing to get it.他们的动机是钱，因此他们将不顾一切地捞钱。

13. [PHRASE] If you put a stop to something that you do not like or approve of, you prevent it from happening or continuing. 制止某事

例：His daughter should have stood up and put a stop to all these rumours.他的女儿本应站出来制止所有这些谣言。

14. [PHRASE] If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people. 知道如何把握分寸

例：Like many politicians before him, Mr. Bentley did not know when to stop.如他之前的许多政客一样，本特利先生不知道如何把握分寸。