Work came to a halt when the machine broke down.

机器一坏，工作便停了下来。

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A kernel update is very disruptive, requiring scheduled downtime to temporarily halt all services on each and every machine affected.

内核更新影响很大，需要安排停机时间，在停机期间会临时终止受影响的每个系统上的所有服务。

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If that disk contains both your OS and your data files, your machine is going to come to a screeching halt.

如果那个磁盘包含有操作系统和你的数据文件的话，你的机器就得蓝屏了。

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If you're tired of seeing those poor excuses for universal docks that connect via USB 2.0 -- most of which can't even export video without bringing your machine to a grinding halt -- you'll be elated to know that Belkin has upped the ante on the lackluster alternatives with its Notebook Expansion Dock.

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Once a design is set, different bits of the manufacturing process are tried out on computer: a virtual pipe-bending machine, for instance, makes sure that the fuel lines which snake their way through the airframe can be created without wrapping themselves around the machine and bringing it to a halt.

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That money has oiled the gears of a banking machine that was grinding to a disastrous halt, lifting worries that euro-zone banks would lose access to funding as they tried in vain to raise money from unwilling investors.

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