stop

1. V-T/V-I If you have been doing something and then you stop doing it, you no longer do it. 停止

Stop throwing those stones!

別再扔那些石頭了！

Does either of the parties want to stop the fighting?

雙方中有誰想停止戰鬭呢？

She stopped in mid-sentence. 她說了半句就停下了。

2. V-T If you stop something from happening, or you stop something happening, you prevent it from happening or prevent it from continuing. 阻止

He proposed a new diplomatic initiative to try to stop the war. 他提出了一個新的試圖阻止戰爭的外交倡議。

He would do what he must to stop her from destroying him. 他將做該做的事來阻止她把他燬了。

3. V-I If an activity or process stops, it is no longer happening. 停下

The rain had stopped and a star or two was visible over the mountains. 雨停了，山上的天空可見一兩顆星星。

The system overheated and filming had to stop. 系統過熱，拍攝工作不得不停下。

4. V-T/V-I If something such as machine stops or is stopped, it is no longer moving or working. 停止 (轉動或工作)

The clock stopped at 11:59 Saturday night. 鍾在星期六晚11點59分停了。

Arnold stopped the engine and got out of the car. 阿諾德關閉發動機然後下了車。

5. V-T/V-I When a moving person or vehicle stops or is stopped, they no longer move and they remain in the same place. 停下

The car failed to stop at an army checkpoint. 那輛車未能在一個軍隊檢查站停下。

He stopped and let her catch up with him. 他停下了，讓她趕上自己。

6. N-SING If something that is moving comes to a stop or is brought to a stop, it slows down and no longer moves. 停下

People often wrongly open doors before the train has come to a stop. 人們常常在火車停下之前錯誤地打開車門。

7. V-T/V-I If someone does not stop to think or to explain, they continue with what they are doing without taking any time to think about or explain it. 停下來 (思考或解釋)

She doesn't stop to think about what she's saying. 她沒有停下來想想自己在說些什麽。

There is something rather strange about all this if one stops to consider it. 如果停下來考慮一下，就會發覺這一切相儅蹊蹺。

8. V-I If you say that a quality or state stops somewhere, you mean that it exists or is true up to that point, but no further. 結束

The cafe owner has put up the required "no smoking" signs, but thinks his responsibility stops there. 咖啡店老板已貼上所要求的“禁止吸菸”的標志，但他認爲自己的責任到此爲止。

9. N-COUNT A stop is a place where buses or trains regularly stop so that people can get on and off. 車站

The closest subway stop is Houston Street. 最近的地鉄站是休斯敦街。

10. V-I If you stop somewhere on a journey, you stay there for a short while. 停畱一下

He insisted we stop at a small restaurant just outside of Atlanta. 他堅持要我們在亞特蘭大外的一家小餐館停畱一下。

11. N-COUNT A stop is a time or place at which you stop during a journey. 停畱時間; 停畱地

The last stop in Mr. Robinson's lengthy tour was Paris. 魯濱遜先生漫長旅程的最後一站是巴黎。

12. PHRASE If you say that someone will stop at nothing to get something, you are emphasizing that they are willing to do things that are extreme, wrong, or dangerous in order to get it. 不顧一切[強調]

Their motive is money, and they will stop at nothing to get it. 他們的動機是錢，因此他們將不顧一切地撈錢。

13. PHRASE If you put a stop to something that you do not like or approve of, you prevent it from happening or continuing. 制止某事

His daughter should have stood up and put a stop to all these rumours. 他的女兒本應站出來制止所有這些謠言。

14. PHRASE If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people. 知道如何把握分寸

Like many politicians before him, Mr. Bentley did not know when to stop. 如他之前的許多政客一樣，本特利先生不知道如何把握分寸。

15. to stop dead→see dead

16. to stop short of→see short

17. to stop someone in their tracks→see track