pause
v. 停頓; 暫停放音
n. 停頓; 延長記號; 暫停鍵
If you pause while you are doing something, you stop for a short period and then continue.
'It's rather embarrassing,' he began, and paused...
“非常令人難堪,”他開口道,然後停頓了一下。
He had to pause to clear his throat...
他不得不停頓一下清清嗓子。
A pause is a short period when you stop doing something before continuing.
After a pause Alex said sharply: 'I'm sorry if I've upset you'...
歇了一會兒後,亞歷克斯毫不客氣地說:“要是讓你心煩了,那我很抱歉。”
There was a pause while the barmaid set down two plates in front of us.
酒吧女招待在我們面前擺放兩個盤子時停頓了一下。
If something gives you pause for thought, it makes you think carefully about something, especially in a different way than you have thought about it before.
An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.
反對派發言人說他希望協議能夠讓他們仔細想想暴力行為毫無意義。
1. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
2. temporary inactivity
1. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing;
2. cease an action temporarily;
break, rest, pause, interval, recess, cease, stop
這些名詞均含有"中止,停止,休息"之意。
cease, pause, stop, halt, quit
這些動詞均含有"停止"之意。
give pause to someone (或give pause for thought)
使…躊躇,使…猶豫
A more robust American posture was called for, to give the Kremlin pause.
要遏制克里姆林宮,美國就得擺出更堅定的姿態.
You should pause and ponder now.
你現在應該停下來仔細考慮一下.
He started from his instant's pause, and said in a low firm voice, " Not guilty, my Lord. "
他從這短促的思冥中驚醒過來, 用低微而堅決的聲音回答: “ 無罪, 大人. ”
The Internet is progressing without pause, demanding companies to run 24 hours per day.
網際網路在大踏步地前進, 要求公司每天24小時運作.
The burly soldier pause at the foot of the blockhouse.
魁梧計程車兵在堡壘下停了下來.