You knew it was time to start clapping as soon as that chord hit that, it stopped going back and forth,tonic,dominant,just sitting there.

你知道在这个和弦出来的时候要拍手，然后停下来，来回的行进，而主音，属音，然后保持住。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

One time, I paid a beggar when I was driving in my car and I was stopped to the stoplight,

有一次，我给过乞丐钱，当时我在开车，正在等红灯，

不做善事的理由 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Last time we stopped, we talked about how difficult change is.

上次我们讲到改变有多么困难。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

By our informal count, however, we and the Afghan commandoes we work with were stopped on 70 percent of our attempts because we could not achieve the requisite 11 approvals in time.

粗略估算了一下，与我们一道工作的阿富汗突击队,有70%的尝试都失败了,因为我们不能按时拿到所需的11个批准。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选