grind to a halt

If we don't do something soon, the whole theatre industry could grind to a halt.

如果我们不尽快采取措施, 整个戏剧行业将会出现萧条.

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We saw the automobile grind to a halt when the engine blew up.

我们看见那辆车因为发动机出故障而慢慢地停下来了。

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Why doesn't the whole economy grind to a halt?

为什么整个经济没有停顿下来？

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But on the current evidence don't expect America's recovery to grind to a halt.

但就现在的迹象来看,美国复苏的脚步并不会因此而停止.

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WITHOUT them many an economy would grind to a halt: the global army of between 50m and 100m domestic workers, most of them women and children.

全球约有五千万到一亿的家政服务大军，如果没有他们，许多经济都会慢慢停下来。他们中的大多数人是妇女和儿童。

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The story is the same in almost every developed country: the bursting of the real estate bubble has caused property values to plummet, credit markets to seize up, and deal-flow to grind to a halt.

几乎每个发达国家的情形都一样：房地产泡沫破裂，导致房产价值暴跌、信贷市场失灵以及交易日趋枯竭。

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Greece is expected to grind to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of state and private workers stage a general strike.

希腊数十万国企和私营企业职工举行大罢工，希腊将有可能第二次在一个月之内逐渐瘫痪。

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A project that has been under a full head of steam may suddenly grind to halt.

一个经过完全思考的正在进行的项目却嘎然而止了.

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In winter they almost grind to a halt.

到了冬天，它们会停止活动。

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But without them, industries worth trillions of dollars would grind to a halt.

但如果没有稀土，价值数万亿美元的工业都得渐渐停产。

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Otherwise, apart from what the--the work of the police and the other security agencies, it has to be business as usual in the same way as other terror threats, we can't allow our cities just to grind to a halt.

除了警察和其他安全机构的工作之外，其他工作也必须像应对恐怖主义威胁一样继续进行，我们不能让我们的城市陷入停顿。

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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。

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Without it everything would grind to a halt.

没有了信任，一切活动都将趋于停滞。

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Blues boss Mourinho felt the hit-man fully deserved a new deal and now expects the transfer rumours to grind to a halt.

蓝军主教练穆利尼奥认为这名锋线杀手完全应该得到新合同，并且期望转会的谣传可以被粉碎。

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After 2020 demand growth was expected to grind almost to a halt, increasing just 5 per cent over the following 20 years, the IEA said.

国际能源署表示，2020年后，需求增长预计会几近停顿，在之后的20年里将仅增长5%。

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Without government action, he said, there was a risk that financial sector could grind to a halt.

他说，政府如果无所作为，金融体系就有完全停摆的危险。

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The city authorities are rushing to find empty spots for coach parking before the city's roads grind to a halt.

福冈市政府正忙着为旅游大巴找到新的停车位，以免城市交通陷入停顿。

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Their proposal, published in the journal Physical Review D, claimed dark energy does not exist and that time was winding down to the point when it would finally grind to a halt long after the planet ceased to exist.

他们的理论发表在《物理评论（基本粒子、场论、宇宙学）》上，文章说宇宙中不存在暗能量。当地球消失后，时间也会一点点变慢，最终完全停止。

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University departments will grind to a halt.

大学院系会渐停运转.

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If trade doesn't improve soon, the industry will grind to a halt.

如果商业不迅速恢复景气, 工业就要陷入停顿.

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The giants of British business would grind to a halt.

英国商业巨头们慢慢停了下来.

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If each of them demanded 2.25% every time a competitor tried to build a compatible device, the industry would grind to a halt.

如果每当有竞争对手试图开发一款兼容设备时，这些公司都要求对方支付2.25%的版税，那整个电信行业势必将陷入瘫痪状态。

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Mervyn King, the Bank of England governor, said the British economy required a "painful" adjustment to higher energy and food prices, predicting the economy would grind to a halt for a year before recovering.

英国央行行长默文金（mervyn king）表示，英国经济需要经历一次“痛苦的”调整，以适应更高的能源和食品价格，他预测英国经济将陷于停顿，一年之后才会复苏。

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Many developing nations are also in the midst of an economic slowdown, as Chinese demand for raw materials wanes and domestic credit booms grind to a halt.

许多发展中国家也已出现经济放缓，这是因为中国对原材料的需求大幅降低，国内信贷繁荣慢慢走到终点。

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The group, which represents the major banks, said credit cards had become "demonized" as one of the main causes of ballooning debts, but added: "Without plastic, our society would virtually grind to a halt."

这个代表着各主要银行的协会说，信用卡已经成了“魔鬼”，是造成债务激增的主要原因之一，但他们也补充道：“没有信用卡，我们的社会将会停滞不前。”

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