be unable to move further;

"The car bogged down in the sand"

production could grind to a halt unless sales of fridges, cars and clothing pick up.

除非冰箱、汽车、衣物的销量上升，否则生产活动会艰难的停滞于此。

i was determined not to let the publics business grind to a halt and was gratified that the white house staff and cabinet felt the same way.

我决定不去打搅公众的注意力，并欣慰地看到白宫工作人员和内阁成员也这样想。

but el al is small and america「s airports would grind to a halt if such time-consuming procedures were adopted everywhere.

然而elal很小，而如果各地都采用如此费时的程序，那么美国的机场就会陷入停顿。

the reactions grind to a halt over the next few days, as the falling jenga towers run out of other towers they can actually hit.

在接下来的几天，反应渐渐停止，就像积木堆撞倒其他塔一样。

mortgage securities had an element of ponzi in that new financing was required to sustain people whose mortgages were under water. however, many companies would grind to a halt without refinancing.

按揭抵押证券是庞氏骗局的元素之一，因为要维持按揭贷款在标準线以下的人就要求新的融资。

all efforts and pursuits would grind to a halt if everybody had gained his happiness and fulfilled his wishes.

人间如果人人幸福，事事美满，那么一切的努力和追求都会停止。

this can cause the browser to grind to a halt and, potentially, result in the long-running script dialog.

这会导致浏览器运行异常，潜在的直接结果就是那个脚本失控的警告对话框。

if spain falls into crisis, the entire credit system in europe could grind to a halt and that would send tremors throughout the world」s financial system.

如果西班牙也陷入危机，欧洲的整个信用体系将慢慢停止运转，那会震动世界金融体系。