He waited for a policeman to stop the traffic and wave the people on.

他等着一位警察来让车辆停下，挥手让众人前行。

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There is no way to stop the oncoming wave.

没有办法阻止即将到来的巨浪。

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This shows that judges are out of touch with what is needed and that heavy punishment will stop the crime wave.

这表明法官没意识到，当下要阻止犯罪浪潮需要的是运用重刑。

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The tariff has spurred a wave of anti-American Internet postings in China, with calls for Beijing to stop buying U.S.bonds.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Israel erected the wall to stop a wave of suicide bombers, but Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarseh says the town of Jesus' birth has become a prison.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Malashenko adds that shooting in Chechnya will not stop with the wave of a wand, or with a signature on a piece of paper, but Kadyrov will,nonetheless, try to show Moscow he can keep control of the republic with his own forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Mr Niasse has said the new government's first task would be "to re-establish the country's equilibrium and stop the wave of corruption".

BBC: Profile: Senegal's new president

So, besides haggling for a better aid package, Turkey is pressing America to let it deploy its troops freely in northern Iraq to prevent any Kurdish uprising and to stop a tidal wave of refugees crossing its borders.

ECONOMIST: Caught in the crossfire

The first is a decline from the high ( wave a ) that was followed by a rally (wave b ) that typically will stop below the 61.8% retracement resistance of wave a.

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