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词汇 example_english_grinding-halt
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to a grinding halt

collocation in English

meanings of to, grindingand halt


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to
preposition
uk /tuː/ us /tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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grinding
adjective
uk /ˈɡraɪn.dɪŋ/ us /ˈɡraɪn.dɪŋ/
a situation in which people are extremely poor over a ...
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halt
noun[S]
uk /hɒlt/ us /hɑːlt/
an occasion when something stops moving ...
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Examples of to a grinding halt


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The addition of a wronghanded enantiomer brings the polymerization process to a grindinghalt.
It would be wrong to give every dissident investor the opportunity of bringing the company in which he invests to a grindinghalt.
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It is at this point that construction on the new site is coming to a grindinghalt this summer.
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Certainly, if we do not bring public expenditure into line with economic growth, both are likely to be brought to a grindinghalt.
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At present, mobility allowance comes to a grindinghalt when the recipient reaches 75 years of age.
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This is another reason why the proposal will slow present progress in dockland to a grindinghalt.
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What has happened to the privatisation programme, which appears to have come to a grindinghalt?
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It would bring the capital to a grindinghalt, a fact that the newspapers now appear to be getting hold of.
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A further conglomeration of traffic will mean that eventually each and every one of us will come to a grindinghalt.
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This is referred to as a "moving shelf", which at the moment has come to a grindinghalt.
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We were promised that there would be no stop-go, and there was not: we had a grindinghalt instead.
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This exporting of capital may shortly come to a grindinghalt.
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However, work on the highly skilled migrant programme and in other areas seems to have come to a grindinghalt.
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They would do so by pursuing economic policies which would rapidly bring our economy to a grindinghalt.
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Anything less, and we shall come to a grindinghalt.
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We cannot afford to allow these to come to a grindinghalt.
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I suspect that the consensus has just come to a grindinghalt.
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One would have to go extremely slowly, and one would soon come to a grindinghalt.
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Some parts of the web outside the control of this country could come to a grindinghalt in 2000.
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Work in the areas most at risk is coming to a grindinghalt.
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