stop dead

英 [stɒp ded]

美 [stɑːp ded]

（使）突然停止（发生或移动）

英英释义

verb

• stop moving or become immobilized
  1. When he saw the police car he froze
  Synonym:freeze

双语例句

• In recent months, they've spent millions of dollars and hired an army of lobbyists to stop reform dead in its tracks.
  最近几个月来，他们花费数百万美元，雇佣大量游说人士要将改革扼杀在摇篮中。
• And I don't stop. I don't stop until he's dead.
  一直到他死我才我停手。
• She will not stop until we are all dead.
  除非我们都死掉，否则她是不会停止杀戮的。
• It soon becomes apparent that the amount of choices we're offered from our society can be too overwhelming, which causes us to stop dead in our tracks.
  但很快，社会加之给我们的大量选择就崩盘了，我们也随之消糜在摸索的道路上。
• With completion scheduled by mid-2009, the twin four-lane highways have already reached worli-where they stop dead over open water, about 100m from the shoreline.
  双向四车道的高速公路已经修到了沃里，按计划将于2009年中完工现在它在离海岸约100米远的开阔水面上戛然而止。
• A hooker will stop screwing you after you're dead.
  妓女在你死后就不会缠你了。
• They won't stop until the dead is rested in the coffin.
  他们直至死者入殓才停止。
• The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead.
  其他青蛙不竭地劝他们别再白吃力气了，说他们死定了。
• So once in a while his horse would stop dead in its tracks, because you know animals can sense things people can't.
  有一次，马突然停下来，因为我们都知道动物能感觉的我们人感觉不到的东西。
• A small band of dedicated people are doing their best to stop Cornish from becoming a dead language.
  少数有献身精神的人正在尽最大的努力使凯尔特语免于绝传。