bring (someone or something) to a standstill

To cause a person or thing to stop. The speeding police car, with its flashing lights and siren, brought all the other drivers to a standstill. A sudden reduction in funding brought our research to a standstill.See also: bring, standstill

bring something to a standstill

to cause a process or a job to reach a point at which it must stop. The accident brought the work to a standstill. The strike brought construction to a standstill.See also: bring, standstill

单词	bring (someone or something) to a standstill
释义	bring (someone or something) to a standstill bring (someone or something) to a standstill To cause a person or thing to stop. The speeding police car, with its flashing lights and siren, brought all the other drivers to a standstill. A sudden reduction in funding brought our research to a standstill.See also: bring, standstill bring something to a standstill to cause a process or a job to reach a point at which it must stop. The accident brought the work to a standstill. The strike brought construction to a standstill.See also: bring, standstill
随便看	sokodé sokol sokol aircraft building plant sokolki sheep sokollu, mehmed pasa sokolnichii sokol'niki sokolniki sokoloff, nicolai sokolov sokolova sokolova, lydia sokolov, andrei sokolov, andrei vasilevich sokolov, boris sokolov, boris pavlovich sokolov, boris sergeevich sokolov coal basin sokolov (disambiguation) sokolov, dmitrii sokolov, dmitrii ivanovich sokolov, egor sokolov, egor timofeevich sokolov, fedor sokolov, fedor fedorovich