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单词辨析：
指双方未能就分歧达成协议的僵持局面。
It is difficult to break the deadlock.
很难打破僵局。
The negotiation has reached a deadlock.
谈判陷入了僵局。
尤指活动的突然或被迫终止。
The argument came to a halt.
争辩戛然而止。
Heavy rain brought the marathon to a temporary halt.
大雨迫使马拉松比赛暂停。
指争论双方难以解决争议或分歧，谁也无法占上风；也可指国际象棋中的僵局、和棋。
The discussions with the opposition group ended in a stalemate.
与反对派的商谈以陷入僵局而告终。
The chess game ended in a stalemate.
这盘国际象棋比赛以和棋结束。
指没有任何运动或活动的状态。
Production was at a standstill.
生产停滞了。
Heavy fog brought the traffic to a standstill.
大雾造成交通堵塞。
普通用词，指迅速或突然地中止某一行为、活动或状态；后接动名词时，表示直接停止做某事；后接动词不定式时，表示停下来去做某事。
The machine stopped working.
机器停止运转了。
Seeing a man lying on the road, the driver stopped his car.
司机发现路上躺着一个人，便急忙刹车。
I stopped to see what had happened.
我停下来去看发生了什么事。
指逐渐结束某一活动或状态，常含永久性终止之意，后接动名词或动词不定式均可，且意思基本不变。
The old woman ceased breathing the night before.
老妇人前一天晚上停止了呼吸。
Both sides agreed to cease the war.
双方都同意结束这场战争。
She ceased to be a member of the association.
她不再是协会会员。
指停止前进或中止活动、发展等。
The train suddenly halted.
火车突然停了下来。
The soldiers halted and rested from their march.
士兵们停止前进，稍作休息。
Our company halted the operations during the strike.
罢工期间，我们公司暂止了业务。
相关例句：
The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.
由于燃油被人抽走，这些坦克行驶了100码后又轰隆隆地缓缓停了下来。
She braked to a halt and switched off.
她刹车停下，然后将车熄火。
Air traffic in Poland has been brought to a halt by an air traffic controllers 'strike.
由于航空调度员罢工，波兰的空中交通已完全瘫痪。
A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.
一道拦河坝将会在上游拦住水流，抬升水位。
He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline
他批评政府未能遏止经济下滑。
The recession brought an abrupt halt to this happiness
经济衰退让这幸福戛然而止。