| 词汇 | stalling |
| 释义 | stalling present participle ofstall stall verb uk /stɔːl/ us /stɑːl/ stallverb (ENGINE)[ I or T ] If an engine stalls, or if you stall it, it stops working suddenly and without you intending it to happen: （使）（发动机）熄火 A car may stall due to the driver braking too suddenly.司机踩刹车过猛可能会导致汽车熄火。 I stalled the car twice during my driving test but still managed to pass.我在驾驶考试时两次把车弄熄火，不过还是勉强通过了考试。 Machines - not functioning act up balky blooey break break down brokenness brownout burn out downtime flat malfunction outage seize seize up short circuit shot shudder shut shut (something) down shutdown You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: On the road: driving & operating road vehicles stallverb (DELAY)[ I ] to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage: 拖延 stall (for time)She says she'll give me the money next week but I think she's just stalling (for time).她说下周会把钱给我，但我认为她只不过是在拖时间。 [ T ] If you stall a person, you delay them or prevent them from doing something for a period of time: 拖住（某人） I managed to stall him for a few days until I'd got enough money to pay back the loan.我设法拖住了他几天，直到我筹够了还贷款的钱。 stall someone offmainly USThe thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off the security guard.小偷趁同伙拖住保安之际，闯进了办公室。 [ I ] to stop making progress: 停止进展 Japan's economic growth has stalled, with industrial production contracting in June for the fourth straight month.日本经济陷入停滞状态，到六月份时工业产出值已连续四个月缩减。 [ T ] If you stall an event, you delay it or prevent it from making progress: 推迟，暂缓;搁置 Commandos stalled the enemy attack by destroying three bridges.突击队破坏了3座桥，拖延了敌人的进攻。 Fears are growing that a tax increase may stall economic recovery.人们越来越担心增税可能会阻碍经济复苏。 Delaying and wasting time ado busywork buy timeidiom carry something over dally gridlock hold up inefficiency inefficiently kept kick pigeonhole push raincheck retard retardation set someone back (something) shelve spin stall You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Economics Examples of stallingstalling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In a few cases, a complete second unit of living and stalling compartments appears to have been added to a house (figure 3d). To avoid the problem of stalling acceleration, we introduced a phase delay. The two remaining groups were similar in their frequencies of succeeding and stalling. However, consistent preferences among voters have a marked impact on convergence patterns, with convergence rates stalling around the fourth election period. Some resources come from other than self or spouse and not stalling ! Binding to these proteins is thought to elicit either futile cycles of mismatch repair or replication stalling, which can lead to cell death. These reforms achieved only moderate results, stalling after a few years. If the cuttings are not cleared quickly, they will be ground down, reducing drilling efficiency and causing excessive drill bit wear or bit stalling in an extreme case. The elevated interstitial fluid pressure, together with the frequent reversions and stalling of the blood flow in the contorted neovasculature, can compromise drug delivery to the glioblastoma tumours (see below). Both analyses yielded similar findings consistent with what was found in the mean domain score analyses: greater success and less stalling were associated with more salutary trajectories of well-being. After 16 months, can he say whether he has accepted that, rejected it, or is he still stalling on it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There should be some comment, even if it is of a stalling nature, in the winding-up speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As so often in the past, he is simply stalling for time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At this stage the wing leading edge droop mechanism started to retract and the aircraft entered the stalling regime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They constitute a further weakening of the opposition and risk stalling the continued development of the democratic process in the country. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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