stop
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they stop | |
he / she / it stops | |
past simple stopped | |
past participle stopped | |
-ing form stopping |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to no longer move; to make somebody/something no longer move (使)停止,停下 The car stopped at the traffic lights. 汽车在交通信号灯前停了下来。 Ann stopped in front of the house. 安在那所房子前面停了下来。 This train doesn’t stop at Oxford. 这列火车不在牛津停。 - stop somebody/something
He was stopped by the police for speeding. 他因超速行驶被警察截住了。 She stopped the car opposite the school. 她把车停在学校对面。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya1Suddenly he stopped dead: what was he doing? 他突然愣住了:他在干什么? The buses stop outside the school. 公共汽车停在学校外面。 Soldiers took up positions along roads, stopping and searching cars. 士兵们沿着道路占据阵地,停下来搜查汽车。 Passers-by stopped and stared in the window. 路人驻足凝视窗外。 She made them stop the car and let her out. 她让他们停下车让她出来。 Flooding has stopped the traffic through the center of town. 洪水阻断了穿过市中心的交通。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- abruptly
- dead
- immediately
- …
- can
- try to
- be going to
- …
- from
- know how to stop
- know when to stop
- [intransitive, transitive]
to no longer continue to do something; to make somebody/something no longer do something (使)中断,停止 Can't you just stop? 你就不能停一停吗? - stop doing something
That phone never stops ringing! 那个电话没有不响的时候! Don't you ever stop talking? 你不要停止说话吗? Please stop crying and tell me what's wrong. 快别哭了,告诉我出了什么事。 She criticizes everyone and the trouble is, she doesn't know when to stop. 她谁都批评;而且,问题是她批评起来就没个完。 - stop somebody/something
Stop me (= make me stop talking) if I'm boring you. 你要是觉得我烦就打断我。 Stop it! You're hurting me. 住手!你把我弄疼了。 - stop what…
Mike immediately stopped what he was doing. 迈克立刻停下手头的事情。
Express Yourself InterruptingInterrupting 打断别人 You may need to say something when somebody else is speaking, or you may be chairing a discussion where you have to stop one person talking too much. If you start talking at the same time as someone else, this will seem rude. To interrupt politely, you can say, for example: 在别人说话时需要插话或主持讨论时某人讲话过多需要打断,直接插话或打断会显得粗鲁,可用一些礼貌的方式,比如: Sorry to interrupt, but I have to disagree with that. 不好意思打断一下,但那一点我得表示异议。
Could I just say something here? 我可以插句话吗?
If I could, let me stop you there for a moment and go back to your previous point. 请容我打断您一下,回到您先前讲到的一点。
Actually, we seem to have strayed a bit from the topic. Can we go back to the first point? 实际上,我们似乎有点偏离了主题。我们可以回到第一点吗?
Just a moment, Sue. Can we hear what Jack has to say on this? 稍等一下,休。我们能听听杰克对此怎么说吗?
May I interrupt you there? I don't think that's true. 可以打断你一下吗?我认为那不是事实。
I’m sorry, but we’re running short on time. Can you please summarize very quickly so we can finish up? 抱歉,我们的时间不多了。请您快速总结一下我们就结束好吗?
I appreciate your enthusiasm on this topic, but I’m afraid we have a couple more people to hear from. 感谢您对这个话题的热情,但我们还得听听另外几个人的发言。
Could you two please discuss that issue privately after the meeting? We have several more items to cover and need to move on at this point. 请你们两位会后私下讨论那个问题好吗?我们还有几项内容要谈,现在该进入下一项内容了。
I’m sorry, I really have to stop you there. We've run out of time. 抱歉,我必须在此打断你。我们没有时间了。
Let’s save that conversation for another time. 那事我们下次再谈吧。
Extra ExamplesHe never knows when to stop. 他从来都不知道分寸。 He couldn't stop thinking about her. 他无法抑制对她的思念。 I was enjoying myself so much I didn't want to stop. 我玩得正高兴,都不想停下来。 We need to stop making excuses. 我们不要再找借口了。 After three weeks we had stopped expecting to hear any news. 三个星期后,我们不再期待听到任何消息。 She's trying to stop smoking and lose weight. 她正在努力戒烟和减肥。 They can't stop talking about the holiday. 他们不停地谈论假期。 She didn't stop working until she was 80. 她直到80岁才停止工作。 They paid farmers to stop using chemicals. 他们付钱给农民让他们停止使用化学品。 It's time to stop playing and go home. 是时候不玩了,回家吧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- abruptly
- dead
- immediately
- …
- can
- try to
- be going to
- …
- from
- know how to stop
- know when to stop
- [intransitive, transitive]
to end or finish; to make something end or finish (使)结束,终止 When is this fighting going to stop? 这场战斗要打到什么时候? The bus service stops at midnight. 公共汽车午夜停止服务。 - stop doing something
Has it stopped raining yet? 雨停了没有? - stop something
Doctors couldn't stop the bleeding. 医生止不住血。 The referee was forced to stop the game because of heavy snow. 由于下大雪,裁判被迫终止了比赛。 She called on both sides to stop the violence. 她呼吁双方停止暴力。
Extra ExamplesWhen is the violence going to stop? 暴力什么时候才会停止? The sobs came less frequently, then stopped altogether. 抽泣声越来越稀疏,然后完全停止了。 The story stops and starts, with little emphasis on continuity. 故事时断时续,很少强调连续性。 The peace movement failed to stop the war. 和平运动未能阻止战争。 He knew he had to stop the blood flow. 他知道他必须停止血液流动。 On the farm, the work never stops. 在农场,工作从未停止。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- abruptly
- dead
- immediately
- …
- can
- try to
- be going to
- …
- from
- know how to stop
- know when to stop
- [transitive]
to prevent somebody from doing something; to prevent something from happening 阻止;阻碍;阻拦;防止 - stop somebody/something
I want to go and you can't stop me. 我要走,你拦不住我。 efforts to stop the spread of the disease 阻止疾病传播的努力 There's no stopping us now (= nothing can prevent us from achieving what we want to achieve). 现在什么都无法阻挡我们了。 - stop somebody/something (from) doing something
You can't stop people (from) saying what they think. 人们怎么想就会怎么说,你阻止不了。 They tried to stop me from leaving. 他们尝试阻止我离开。 There's nothing to stop you from accepting the offer. 你尽可以接受那个提议。
Extra ExamplesHe's dangerous and needs to be stopped. 他很危险,必须阻止他。 Measures must be taken to stop the spread of the virus. 必须采取措施阻止病毒的传播。 The activists failed to stop the tests from going ahead. 活动人士没能阻止试验进行。 If she wants to go, I'm certainly not going to try and stop her. 如果她想去,我当然不会试图阻止她。 Technology could help to stop future attacks. 技术可以帮助阻止未来的攻击。 The internet has stopped young people from talking to each other. 互联网已经阻止了年轻人相互交谈。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- abruptly
- dead
- immediately
- …
- can
- try to
- be going to
- …
- from
- know how to stop
- know when to stop
- stop somebody/something
- [intransitive]
to end an activity for a short time in order to do something 暂停,暂时中断(以便做某事) - stop for something
I'm hungry. Let's stop for lunch. 我饿了。我们停下来吃午饭吧。 We stopped for the night in Port Augusta. 我们中途在奥古斯塔港停留过夜。 - stop to do something
We stopped to admire the scenery. 我们中途停下来欣赏一下风景。 People just don't stop to think about the consequences. 人们做事情就是不肯停下来想想后果。
Extra ExamplesThe film really makes you stop and think. 这部电影真的让你停下来思考。 If you just stop and listen, it's amazing what you can hear. 如果你停下来听,你能听到的东西是惊人的。
- stop for something
- [intransitive, transitive]
to no longer be working or functioning; to make something be no longer working or functioning (使)停止工作,停止运转 - [intransitive] (British English, informal)
to stay somewhere for a short time, especially at somebody’s house 逗留,待,留下(做某事) I'm not stopping. I just came to give you this message. 我不待了。我就是来告诉你这件事。 - stop for something
Can you stop for tea? 你能留下来喝茶吗?
- [transitive]
to prevent money from being paid 止付;停付;扣除 - stop something
to stop a cheque (= tell the bank not to pay it) 通知银行止付支票 Employees of the failed company will have their wages stopped from tomorrow. 这家破产公司的员工从明天起将被停发工资。 - stop something from something (British English)
Dad threatened to stop £1 a week from our pocket money if we didn't clean our rooms. 父亲威胁说,我们要是不把自己的房间收拾干净,他就每星期扣我们 1 英镑的零花钱。
- stop something
- [transitive] stop something (up) (with something)
to block, fill or close a hole, an opening, etc. 堵塞;塞住;阻塞
not move不动
not continue不继续
end结束
prevent阻止
for short time短时间
not function不工作
stay逗留
money钱
close hole堵塞洞孔
Word OriginOld English (for)stoppian ‘block up (an aperture)’, of West Germanic origin; related to German stopfen, from late Latin stuppare ‘to stuff’.
Idioms
stop at nothing
to be willing to do anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong 不择手段 She’ll stop at nothing to make money. 她会不择手段赚钱。
stop the clock
to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit (在计时比赛或活动中)停表
stop/halt somebody in their tracks | stop/halt/freeze in your tracks
to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you (使由于恐惧或吃惊)突然止步;(使)怔住 The question stopped Alice in her tracks. 这个问题问得艾丽斯张口结舌无以答对。 Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing? 突然,他突然停下脚步:他在干什么? - (figurative)
The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes. 免疫方案阻止了这种疾病的曼延。
stop short | stop somebody short
stop short of something/of doing something