standstill是一个名词，意为“静止”，特指运动或进行中的活动突然停止而无法继续的状态。
常用场景：
1.道路交通出现拥堵或事故，导致车辆无法行进，就会出现交通“standstill”。
2.生产线停滞或工作无法进行，就会出现工业“standstill”。
3.或组织之间的谈判或协商陷入僵局，就会出现谈判“standstill”。
词组搭配：
1. come to a standstill：停滞不前，停止运转。
2. bring something to a standstill：使某事停滞不前。
相关短语：
1. standstill agreement：停战协议。
2. standstill clause：缓冲条款。
3. standstill period：停滞期。
发音拼写：
英 [ˈstændstɪl] 美 [ˈstændstɪl]
standstill的意思是停滞不前，中文翻译为“静止；停顿；停滞”。读音为[ˈstændstɪl]。
例句：
1. The traffic is at a standstill due to the accident.（由于事故，交通陷入停滞。）
2. The negotiations have come to a standstill.（谈判已经停滞不前。）
3. Business has come to a standstill during the pandemic.（疫情期间，商业陷入停滞。）
standstill的中文解释是”停顿 、停止”，作为名词时有”停顿”的意思，读音为[‘stændstil]，standstill常被用作名词，在《牛津英汉双解词典》中，共找到31个与standstill相关的例句。
1.停顿
例句:The German war machine had lumbered falteringly over the frontier and come to a standstill near Linz. (德国的战争机器摇摇晃晃，声音隆隆地越过了边界，快到林茨时却走不动了。)
2.停止
例句:A WEEK after Dubai World announced its debt standstill, the financial panic seems to have disappeared as quickly as a desert squall. (迪拜世界宣布暂停还债一周后，金融恐慌似乎已经如般转瞬即逝。)
3.停顿
例句:With a few exceptions, public services did not come to a standstill. Trains, planes and ports mostly functioned. (除了少数例外，没有去，火车，飞机和港口绝大多数运营正常，学校和医院也是如此。)
4.医、停顿
例句:It takes so much effort to swim with a fully extended throat that the whale virtually comes to a standstill. (翻译:It takes so much effort to swim with a fully extended throat 带着充满扩张的咽喉 游泳十分费力 that the whale virtually comes to a standstill. 蓝鲸在无形之中停滞下来)
standstill一般作为名词使用，如在to a standstill(直到停顿;直到精疲力竭)、expiratory standstill([医] 呼气停顿)、inspiratory standstill([医] 吸气停顿)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. With a few exceptions, public services did not come to a standstill. Trains, planes and ports mostly functioned. (翻译:除了少数例外，没有去，火车，飞机和港口绝大多数运营正常，学校和医院也是如此。)
2. It takes so much effort to swim with a fully extended throat that the whale virtually comes to a standstill. (翻译:It takes so much effort to swim with a fully extended throat 带着充满扩张的咽喉 游泳十分费力 that the whale virtually comes to a standstill. 蓝鲸在无形之中停滞下来)
3. Selfishly, I’m just asking for my friends… only child gone, work at a standstill. (翻译:原谅我的自私 我私下代我朋友问一声… 唯一的女儿走了, 事业停摆)
4. While the War in Italy was at a Standstill, Marcellus lead his legions to Syracuse an put it under siege. (翻译:当时意大利的战争陷入僵局，马塞卢斯率领他的军团包围了叙拉古。)
5. Banks are still scrambling to pin down their exposure to Dubai World since the announcement last week of a standstill to debt repayments . (翻译:自迪拜世界上周宣布暂停偿债以来，各银行仍在忙着确定自己对该公司的风险敞口。)
6. Governor, with the diggers rioting, our refineries are at a standstill and our carbon reserves are rapidly being depleted (翻译:总督阁下，随著挖掘者的， 我们的提炼厂已经限于停顿， 我们的碳储备已经要消耗殆尽了。)
7. I felt that time had come to a standstill on that day (翻译:你会发现突然间 整个房间的时空是停止了的 就停在了那一天)
8. Movement in some cities comes to a virtual standstill as motorized traffic competes with bicycles and pedestrians. (翻译:由于机动车与自行车和行人争抢，一些城市的交通实际上陷入了停顿。)
9. Well, actually, I’m afraid not, sir. We’re at a bit of a standstill. (翻译:嗯 事实上 我恐怕没有什么我们的工作有些停滞)
10. Paris is at a standstill and you’re stuck… for the evening, tonight and tomorrow. (翻译:巴黎交通停滞，今晚、明天 你都会被困在这里)
11. Both teams are at a standstill, neither one able to break through. (翻译:大家，准备好 两支球队都处于停滞状态 没有一队能够突破)
12. Normal life is at a standstill, and the economy is faltering. (翻译:正常生活陷入停滞，经济正在衰退。)
13. You made a reference to it earlier. I’d love to bring the picture back up and just have us remember what it was like when a country came to a standstill. (翻译:就像你之前提到的。我喜欢去重温那个画面， 让我们去回忆一整个国家 都停止运转的样子。)
14. Chinese cities ground to a standstill during this year’s gaokao, moved up a month to avoid the oppressive summer heat. (翻译:今年高考中国的城市静止了下来，提前一个月以避开酷暑。)
15. We have a severe problem in countries which are at a standstill. (翻译:在没任何变化的国家身上，我们面临很严重的问题。)
standstill作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有s、standstills等。
