1.halt用作名词时意为“停止”,转化为动词意为“使停止”“制止”,多指骤然有力、果断地、暂时地终止。
2.halt既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词,用作不及物动词意思是“停止(前进)”,多用于哨兵喊话。用作及物动词时接名词、代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
Halt there!站住!
The soldiers halted and rested from their march.士兵们停止前进,休息一下。
The argument often halts and sometimes breaks down completely.论据错误百出,有时根本站不住脚。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The officer halted his troops for a rest.军官命令部队停止行进,休息一下。
At last they have halted work.最后他们停止工作了。
The company halted the operations during the strike.罢工期间,这家公司停止了业务。
They halted financial support.他们停止了经济援助。
No one can halt the advance of history.没人能阻挡历史的前进。
The purpose was to halt the rise in the exchange rate of the Swiss franc.目的在于制止瑞士法郎汇率上涨。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
All the trains were halted when the storm started.暴风雨来临时,所有的火车都停开了。

halt, cease, discontinue, stop
参见cease条。

［词源］＜德语halt(停止,中止)

When the children's play got too noisy, their mother called a halt.当孩子们的游戏过于吵闹时,他们的母亲叫他们停下来。
The car came to a halt just in time to prevent an accident.汽车及时停了下来,避免了一场车祸。
It's about time we called a halt to all this senseless arguing.现在正是我们停止一切无谓争论的时候了。