Grind to a halt là gì năm 2024

Wolfe’s attorney, Jeremy Warren, wrote that the country’s economy ground to a halt, leaving young people like Wolfe with few job prospects. —Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024 The opposition has limited time before fighting grinds to a halt in many parts when the monsoon rains arrive around June. —Reuters, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024 The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it. —Zeke Miller, Fortune Europe, 4 Dec. 2023 The final day of that search caused the Boston area to essentially grind to a halt. —Mark Berman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023 Until then, box office revenues are all but grinding to a halt. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024 Pummeled by drones flown by the Ukrainian army’s 60th and 63rd Mechanized Brigades, the Russian assault ground to a halt two miles southeast of Terny. —David Axe, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 This momentum could grind to a halt in the weeks and months to come. —Makena Kelly, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024 But ever since the country invaded Ukraine, global collaborations with Russian scientists have ground to a halt, and Russian field stations have become off-limits to most foreign researchers. —Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2024

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“Grind to a halt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grind%20to%20a%20halt. Accessed 31 Mar. 2024.

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Come to a Grinding Halt là gì?

- grind to a halt / come to a grinding halt: chậm lại cho đến khi dừng hẳn. Ví dụ: Her career ground to a halt when the twins were born. (Sự nghiệp của cô ấy bị đình trệ khi cặp song sinh chào đời.) - have an axe to grind: có động cơ cá nhân.

A halt là gì?

Sự tạm nghỉ, sự tạm dừng lại (trong lúc đang đi... ).

Grind là gì?

Xay, tán, nghiền. Mài, giũa. Xát, nghiền, nghiến. Đàn áp, áp bức, đè nén.