The leading car came to a halt.

行驶在前面的车停了下来。

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The bus shuddered to a halt.

公共汽车剧烈地晃动着停了下来。

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The car squealed to a halt.

汽车嘎的一声停了下来。

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But soon,credit markets around the world slowed to a halt on fears about the health of banks.

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But we all know that the reason things come to a halt when you push them is, there eventually is some friction or drag or something bringing them to rest.

但我们都知道,推完之后会停下来的原因就是,最后还是有某种摩擦或者拖拽,或者别的什么使得物体静止下来

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Air traffic over much of Europe came to a halt for six days because of the huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland.

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Barely five minutes later, we screeched to a halt next to a tangle of vine, branches and bush.

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But as soon as Mr Kamei took office in September, he signalled a halt to privatisation.

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In the field of criminal law, at least, it is time to call a halt.

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