seize up

seize up

美 　英

• v.強征…入伍；停止轉動
• 網絡失靈；卡住；停頓

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：seizes up  現在分詞：seizing up  過去式：seized up  

同義詞

英漢解釋

v.	1. 強征...入伍 2. 停止轉動

英英解釋

na.	1. to suddenly stop moving or working properly

例句

Perhaps you could engage a taxi driver in a minute of conversation before you seize up.

或許你可以與出租車司機聊上1分鐘，然后就張口結舌了。

However, the counterparty problem poses a real risk that the cogs of the system could start to seize up again in the coming days.

然而，對手問題形成了真正的風險，未來數日，金融體系的齒輪可能再次被卡住。

But there still appears to be room for values to rise, provided global credit markets do not seize up.

而且，只要信用市場不收緊，日本的房地產看起來還有不少上升空間。

The main fear was that both sides might seize (up) on a cease-fire to rearm.

主要的擔心在于雙方都可能抓住停火時機重整軍備。

The Treasury will stand ready to buy bonds issued by biggish firms should markets seize up.

如果市場抓住該機會的話，財政部將會準備好去購買大企業發售的債券。

Without a credit boom, the bursting of the bubble does not cause the financial system to seize up and so does much less damage.

沒有信貸繁榮，泡沫破裂就不會造成金融體系失靈，造成的危害也就會小得多。

However, critics fear that the volume of travelers will seize up London's overcrowded transport system, especially at rush hour.

然而，評論家擔憂游客量將會使倫敦過度擁擠的交通系統癱瘓，尤其是在交通高峰期。

My joints seize up in the cold weather.

天氣寒冷，我的關節就要凍僵了。

Her shoulders were the first part of her body to seize up.

她身體最先失靈的部位是肩部。

Even as credit markets seize up, a world economy that is less dependent on the United States is more likely to stay aloft.

即使信用市場失靈，世界經濟對美國的依賴越小，就越容易繼續在高空飛翔。

It was their sudden withdrawal that caused the market in asset backed commercial paper (ABCP) to seize up.

正是由于他們從短期債券市場的突然撤出才導致了資產支持商業票據的失靈。

The engineers, being a conservative bunch, thought that after a few thousand steps the motor would seize up.

那些工程師們是一伙保守人士，認為移動幾千步以后電機就會失靈。

Still, the fad machine is unlikely to seize up any time soon, and eternal vigilance is required to monitor its output.

不過，制造時尚的機器任何時候都不太可能很快失靈，我們需要對它的產物永遠保持警惕。

But if depositors all demanded their cash at once, the banking system would fail and the economy seize up overnight.

但如果所有儲戶同時提取現金，銀行體系就會崩潰，經濟也將在一夜之間停止運轉。

Thanks to NATO's aerial bombardment, Muammar Qaddafi has few tanks left to seize up but his regime is running on empty.

由于北約聯軍的空中轟炸，卡扎菲上校可以堪用的坦克已經不多，而且他的政府已經油盡援絕。

top If you never bother to lubricate your engine, of course it will seize up.

如果你老是怕麻煩，不給發動機添加潤滑油，發動機當然會失靈卡住啦。

Your engine will seize up if you don't put some more oil in.

你再不多加些潤滑油，發動機就要卡住了。

and if we want to seize up the opportunity and realize our dream, we must act enterprisingly.

而勇敢開拓，才能使我們抓住機會、實現夢想。