A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the gas tank.

如果你往油箱里加水，汽车会突然停下。

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Take corporate computer programs away, and the economy comes to a grinding halt.

把所有的计算机程序去掉，整个经济将会咯吱咯吱地停下来。

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So is the fear that, as export growth slows, the country's economy will come to a grinding halt.

与此相应的是，认为出口增速减缓将使中国经济陷入停滞的观点也是不成立的。

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But,she warns this progress is fragile. She says the momentum for health development could come to a grinding halt because of problems stemming from the food and financial crises, the changing climate and the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

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The 2002 professional baseball season could come to a grinding halt Friday morning on account of greed.

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