Halt

(verb.) cause to stop; 'Halt the engines'; 'Arrest the progress'; 'halt the presses'.

手打:特伦斯

• By accident the noose fell squarely about the running ape's neck, bringing him to a sudden and surprising halt. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Finally the Tammany leader called a halt, as we were running big engine lathes out on the sidewalk, and he was afraid we were carrying it a little too far. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Under the old tactics almost every change in the order of march was preceded by a halt, then came the change, and then the forward march. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• When within a square of the plaza this small command, ten companies in all, was brought to a halt. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Sherman was now obliged to halt for the purpose of bringing up his railroad trains. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Finding themselves worse frightened than hurt the men did halt and turn back. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He had not heard the call for a halt. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• At the foot of the throne these two parties separated and halted, facing each other at opposite sides of the aisle. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• At sight of us the members of the guard sprang forward in surprise, and with levelled rifles halted us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Adrian met them half way; they halted: What, he said, do you seek? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We halted here during the heat of the day. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Thuvia halted us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• He had halted opposite the Trenors' corner, and Selden perforce stayed his steps also. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The advance reached Cerralvo in four days and halted for the remainder of the troops to come up. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Look upon this damosel; note her wasted form, her halting step, her bloomless cheeks where youth should blush and happiness exult in smiles! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• These too were carried before halting, and before the enemy had time to reinforce their advance guards. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They had passed through Datchet without halting. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• They travelled in the night, halting an hour or two after daybreak, and lying by until the twilight fell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• They have been halting somewhere till now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Leaving the port of Bremenhaven on June 18th, and halting at Heligoland for four days to train its crew, it made its way across the Atlantic in sixteen days. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Sherman left Jackson with the last of his troops about noon on the 16th and reached Bolton, twenty miles west, before halting. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• My art halts at the threshold of Hypochondria: she just looks in and sees a chamber of torture, but can neither say nor do much. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• They were compelled to make several long halts, and once or twice to return on their road to resume the direction which they wished to pursue. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And how should my poor valour succeed, Sir Jester, when thy light wit halts? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Not only are the facts inhumanly complicated, but the natural ideals of people are so varied and contradictory that action halts in despair. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

整理:劳拉