grind to a halt

grind to a halt — 慣用語

1. to slow down little by little until a vehicle, machine, process, or organized ac

1.慣用語B2
釋義

停擺；停頓

逐漸減速直到完全停止

to slow down little by little until a vehicle, machine, process, or organized activity stops completely

例句

During the blizzard, all traffic on the interstate ground to a complete halt.

暴風雪期間，州際公路上的所有交通完全停擺。

collocation: ground to a complete halt

The assembly line at Esteban's factory ground to a halt after the conveyor belt snapped.

Esteban 工廠的整個裝配線在輸送帶斷裂後逐漸停擺。

past tense 'ground to a halt' — common narrative form for machinery

同義詞
反義詞

文法句型

grind to a halt

grind to a complete halt

grinding to a halt

用法筆記

Common for both physical movement (traffic, vehicles, machinery) and abstract processes (business, projects, negotiations). Frequently intensified with adjectives like 'complete', 'virtual', or 'sudden' placed before 'halt'.

常見錯誤

❌The car ground to a halt after hitting the wall.
✅The car came to a halt after hitting the wall.
💡'grind to a halt' implies a gradual, friction-filled slowdown, not an instant collision stop.
❌He ground to a halt his speech.
✅His speech ground to a halt.
💡The idiom is intransitive; the subject slows and stops on its own.