standstill

noun

1. 停止；停顿；停滞
   a situation in which all activity or movement has stopped
   1. The security alert brought the airport to a standstill .
      安全警戒使机场陷入停顿状态。
   2. Traffic in the northbound lane is at a complete standstill .
      北行车道的交通完全堵塞。

1. N-SING 停止;停顿;停滞
   If movement or activity comes to or is brought to a standstill, it stops completely.
   1. Abruptly the group ahead of us came to a standstill...
      我们前面的小组突然停了下来。
   2. Production is more or less at a standstill.
      生产几乎处于停顿状态。

1. Normal life is at a standstill, and the economy is faltering
   正常生活陷于瘫痪，经济止步不前。
2. Investigations have ground to a standstill because no witnesses have come forward.
   调查陷入停滞，因为没有证人站出来。
3. Abruptly the group ahead of us came to a standstill
   我们前面的小组突然停了下来。
4. Production is more or less at a standstill.
   生产几乎处于停顿状态。
5. Soon after leaving Margate, for some unexplained reason, the train was brought to a standstill
   离开马盖特不久，不知什么原因，火车突然停了下来。
6. Argentina came to a virtual standstill while the game was being played
   在比赛进行的时候，阿根廷全国几乎陷入了停顿状态。
7. Visibility at the city's airport came down to zero, bringing air traffic to a standstill.
   该市机场的能见度降为零，空中交通陷入了停顿。
8. Life is never at a standstill.
   生活永远不是静止的。
9. Transportation was at a standstill.
   交通运输陷于瘫痪。
10. This could be done through a standstill in repayments, extension of maturity, interest-rate cut or, in the most severe cases, the dreaded haircut.
    这一决定可以通过在偿还贷款过程中的停顿、延长期限、降息或者在最严重的可怕的理发业来实现。
11. The traffic was at a standstill.
    交通陷于停顿。
12. Production at the factory has come to a standstill.
    工厂生产停滞了。
13. You may feel undervalued, or a job that was once challenging is now at a standstill.
    也许你感到被看低了，或者原来有挑战的工作现在停滞不前。
14. If they lose access to these applications and tools, business comes to a standstill.
    如果失去了对这些应用和工具的访问，业务将会停止。
15. The traffic in Manila came to a standstill yet again today.
    马尼松的交通今天又陷入了停滞状态。
16. This crisis is threatening to bring the country's economy to a standstill.
    这次危机使该国经济面临停滞的危险。
17. A sudden shower of rain brought our horses to a complete standstill.
    突然来一了阵雨，使我们的马完全停了下来。
18. We've come to a standstill. It's time to begin ( stop).
    我们的船已停止航行。到开始（停止）的时候了。
19. Fighting and shortages have brought normal life to a virtual standstill in the city.
    战火和物资短缺使这城市的正常生活几乎陷于停顿。
20. There is a question of being at a standstill of Chinese soybean production in recent years.
    近年来，我国大豆出现了生产停滞不前的问题。
21. Ukraine has introduced licences and quotas on its wheat exports, effectively bringing shipments to a standstill.
    乌克兰对小麦出口实行了许可证和配额制度，使小麦出口实际上陷于停滞。
22. Moderate this risk by deferring payment to existing shareholders but also negotiate a standstill agreement with the larger creditors.
    缓解这种风险的做法是，推迟付款给现有股东，并且与主要债权人协商一份暂停偿付协议。
23. Massive raids began all over the city. All unlawful business activities came to a standstill.
    在全市进行突然袭击的大搜捕开始了，一切非法生意瘫痪了。
24. All production will come to a standstill if the workers go on strike.
    要是工人们继续罢工下去所有的生产将停滞不前。
25. The peace process is at a standstill.
    和平进程停滞下来了。
26. Israel had informed us before my press conference that it was now agreeable to proceeding with a standstill cease-fire.
    在我举行记者招待会以前，以色列通知我现在准备着手安排就地停火。
27. On an unusually quiet corner he came to a standstill.
    在一个异常幽静的拐角处，他停了下来。
28. The traffic is at a standstill because of an accident.
    由于出了车祸，交通瘫痪了。
29. Now creditors at least know something about its debt standstill.
    现在债权人对其暂停还债的情况至少有了一些了解。
30. Lunchtime and the whole place just came to a standstill.
    到午餐时间，整个地方就象静止了。

  deadlock halt stalemate standstill【导航词义：停滞】

  deadlock n. 僵局

〔辨析〕指双方未能就分歧达成协议的僵持局面。

  halt n. 停止，暂停

〔辨析〕尤指活动的突然或被迫终止。

  stalemate n. 僵局，僵持

〔辨析〕指争论双方难以解决争议或分歧，谁也无法占上风；也可指国际象棋中的僵局、和棋。

  standstill n. 静止，停顿，停滞

〔辨析〕指没有任何运动或活动的状态。

noun

1. an interruption of normal activity

   Synonym:    standtie-up

2. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
   1. reached an impasse on the negotiations

   Synonym:    deadlockdead endimpassestalemate