The project had hung fire for several years for lack of funds.

这个项目因缺少资金耽搁了好几年。

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The project had hung fire for several years because of lack of funds.

这个项目由于缺少资金而推迟了许多年。

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The opening of the new hotel has hung fire because the decorators haven't yet finished painting it inside.

新饭店开张推迟了，因为油漆匠还未完成室内油漆。

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The vehicles entered beneath an archway formed by the ladders from two fire trucks with an American flag hung between them.

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