Слово англійською: stop
Дієслово
Переклад stop українською: припини́ти що, обли́шити (дія́льність), залиши́ти що (бі́знес), зупини́ти, переста́ти
Детальний опис
not move
- [intransitive, transitive] to no longer move; to make somebody/something no longer move
- The car stopped at the traffic lights.
- Ann stopped in front of the house.
- This train doesn’t stop at Oxford.
- stop somebody/something He was stopped by the police for speeding.
- She stopped the car opposite the school.
not continue
- [intransitive, transitive] to no longer continue to do something; to make somebody/something no longer do something
- Can't you just stop?
- stop doing something That phone never stops ringing!
- Don't you ever stop talking?
- Please stop crying and tell me what's wrong.
- She criticizes everyone and the trouble is, she doesn't know when to stop.
- stop somebody/something Stop me (= make me stop talking) if I'm boring you.
- Stop it! You're hurting me.
- stop what… Mike immediately stopped what he was doing.
Notice the difference between stop doing something and stop to do something We stopped taking pictures means ‘We were no longer taking pictures.’; We stopped to take pictures means ‘We stopped what we were doing so that we could start taking pictures.’Express Yourself InterruptingInterruptingYou may need to say something when somebody else is speaking, or you may be chairing a discussion where you have to stop one person from talking too much. If you start talking at the same time as somebody else, this will seem rude. To interrupt politely, you can say, for example:- Sorry to interrupt, but I have to disagree with that.
- Could I just say something here?
- If I could, let me stop you there for a moment and go back to your previous point.
- Actually, we seem to have strayed a bit from the topic. Can we go back to the first point?
- Just a moment, Sue. Can we hear what Jack has to say on this?
- May I interrupt you there? I don't think that's true.
(formal)- I’m sorry, but we’re running short on time. Can you please summarize very quickly so we can finish up?
- I appreciate your enthusiasm on this topic, but I’m afraid we have a couple more people to hear from.
- Could you two please discuss that issue privately after the meeting? We have several more items to cover and need to move on at this point.
- I’m sorry, I really have to stop you there. We've run out of time.
- Let’s save that conversation for another time.
end
- [intransitive, transitive] to end or finish; to make something end or finish
- When is this fighting going to stop?
- The bus service stops at midnight.
- stop doing something Has it stopped raining yet?
- stop something Doctors couldn't stop the bleeding.
- The referee was forced to stop the game because of heavy snow.
- She called on both sides to stop the violence.
prevent
- [transitive] to prevent somebody from doing something; to prevent something from happening
- stop somebody/something I want to go and you can't stop me.
- efforts to stop the spread of the disease
- There's no stopping us now (= nothing can prevent us from achieving what we want to achieve).
- stop somebody/something (from) doing something You can't stop people (from) saying what they think.
- They tried to stop me from leaving.
- There's nothing to stop you from accepting the offer.
for short time
- [intransitive] to end an activity for a short time in order to do something
- stop for something I'm hungry. Let's stop for lunch.
- We stopped for the night in Port Augusta.
- stop to do something We stopped to admire the scenery.
- People just don't stop to think about the consequences.
In spoken English, stop can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive, to show purpose He stopped and bought some flowers. • Let's stop and look at the map. not function
- [intransitive, transitive] to no longer be working or functioning; to make something be no longer working or functioning
- Why has the engine stopped?
- What time is it? My watch has stopped.
- I felt as if my heart had stopped.
- stop something Can you stop the printer once it’s started?
stay
- [intransitive] (British English, informal) to stay somewhere for a short time, especially at somebody’s house
- I'm not stopping. I just came to give you this message.
- stop for something Can you stop for tea?
money
- [transitive] to prevent money from being paid
- stop something to stop a cheque (= tell the bank not to pay it)
- Employees of the failed company will have their wages stopped from tomorrow.
- stop something from something (British English) Dad threatened to stop £1 a week from our pocket money if we didn't clean our rooms.
close hole
- [transitive] stop something (up) (with something) to block, fill or close a hole, an opening, etc.
- Stop up the other end of the tube, will you?
- I stopped my ears but still heard her cry out.
Word OriginOld English (for)stoppian ‘block up (an aperture)’, of West Germanic origin; related to German stopfen, from late Latin stuppare ‘to stuff’.
Idioms - to be willing to do anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong
- She’ll stop at nothing to make money.
- to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit
stop/halt somebody in their tracks | stop/halt/freeze in your tracks
- to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you
- The question stopped Alice in her tracks.
- Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?
- (figurative) The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes.
stop short | stop somebody short
- to suddenly stop, or make somebody suddenly stop, doing something
- He stopped short when he heard his name.
- ‘I’m pregnant,’ she said. That stopped him short.
stop short of something/of doing something
- to be unwilling to do something because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it
- She stopped short of calling the president a liar.
- The protest stopped short of a violent confrontation.
Phrasal Verbs- stop by
- stop in
- stop off
- stop out
- stop over
- stop up