a freeze on sth
表示对某事物实行冻结时,用介词 on 引出被冻结的对象;对象也可用动名词,如 a freeze on hiring(冻结招聘)。
The government announced a freeze on fuel prices.
政府宣布冻结油价。
冻结;暂停;中止;死机;卡死;贴球;粘球
A period of very cold weather.
严寒期
A period of intensely cold weather.
运行暂停
A halt of a regular operation.
系统停止响应输入
The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
冰壶中石壶紧贴静止石壶,几乎无法击出
A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
冻结加薪或招聘等
A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
The company announced a hiring freeze until the end of the quarter.
公司宣布招聘冻结直到季度末。
用法提示:名词'freeze'表示'冻结',指暂停招聘的决定。
During the cold snap, a deep freeze settled over the region.
寒潮期间,该地区进入了深冻状态。
用法提示:名词'freeze'表示'冰冻期',指极冷的天气状况。
The government imposed a price freeze on essential goods.
政府对必需品实施了价格冻结。
用法提示:名词'freeze'表示'冻结',指价格被固定在某一水平。
表示对某事物实行冻结时,用介词 on 引出被冻结的对象;对象也可用动名词,如 a freeze on hiring(冻结招聘)。
The government announced a freeze on fuel prices.
政府宣布冻结油价。
用 under a freeze 说明处于被冻结的状态,常与 pay、hiring、wages 等词连用。
The whole department has been under a pay freeze since March.
整个部门从三月起一直处于工资冻结状态。
表示冻结持续的时间时,把时间段放在 freeze 前作定语,如 a six-month freeze(六个月的冻结)。
Staff agreed to a two-year freeze.
员工们同意了两年的冻结期。
最贴近 freeze 的正式名词,常可互换(如 a suspension of hiring 也作 a hiring freeze);但 suspension 不强调“冻结”的政策或命令色彩。
比 freeze 更正式,指官方宣布的暂时禁止或暂停,常接 on;如 a moratorium on hiring,强调法律或政策时限。
语气比 freeze 轻,只表示短暂停顿或放缓,不强调官方或强制性;a pause in hiring 只是暂缓,不是冻结。
泛指停止或停顿,常作 come to a halt;说 a halt on hiring 不如 freeze / hiring freeze 自然。
侧重因故障、罢工等造成的中断,如 work stoppage;不指刻意执行的冻结政策。
grammar · medium
易错句子We had freeze last night, so the pipes burst.
正确表达We had a freeze last night, so the pipes burst.
这里 freeze 作可数名词单数,意思是“严寒期”,前面必须加不定冠词 a(或定冠词 the)。汉语名词前不使用冠词,学习者最容易漏掉 a/an。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were three freeze this winter.
正确表达There were three freezes this winter.
freeze 是可数名词,被 three 这类数词修饰时要变复数 freezes(词尾直接加 -s)。汉语名词本身不标示单复数,学习者常忘记加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子The freezes last winter was very hard.
正确表达The freezes last winter were very hard.
主语是复数名词 freezes,谓语动词必须用复数形式 were,不能搭配单数 was。汉语动词不随主语的数变化,学习者容易漏掉主谓一致。
freeze(名词)的“严寒期”义项指严寒冰冻的天气;heat wave 指持续高温的天气,为直接反义词。
freeze(名词)指严寒冰冻;thaw 指冰雪融化的回暖期,常紧随 freeze 之后,但侧重融化现象,使用上有所不同。
严寒期;冰冻期
The deep freeze damaged many orange trees.
严寒期毁坏了许多橘子树。
招聘冻结;暂停招聘
The company announced a hiring freeze last week.
公司上周宣布暂停招聘。
薪酬冻结;冻结加薪
Employees are frustrated by the pay freeze.
员工对薪酬冻结感到沮丧。
价格冻结;冻结物价
The government introduced a price freeze on fuel.
政府对燃料实行了物价冻结。
系统冻结;系统死机
A system freeze often happens after too many updates.
系统死机往往发生在更新过多之后。
严寒期常见现象,与freeze描述的低温天气直接相关。
严寒期常伴随降雪,构成冬季天气场景。
温度降到零度以下时水结冰,是freeze的典型结果。
freeze所指的严寒期以极低温度为特征。
严寒期可能出现的强风雪天气,与freeze同属恶劣天气范畴。
排挤(某人),使(某人)出局
The other employees tried to freeze her out of the meeting.
其他员工试图将她排挤出会议。
(因紧张或害怕而)呆住,愣住;卡住
He froze up completely when asked to speak.
他被要求发言时完全愣住了。
(活动或进程的)暂时中止;冷冻库
The peace talks went into a deep freeze after the conflict.
冲突后和平谈判陷入了停顿。
一二三,停!
A lyric from DJ Casper's line dance song "Cha Cha Slide" (2000), commonly played at weddings and parties; the word "freeze" here tells dancers to stop moving immediately.
这是DJ卡斯珀的排舞歌曲《Cha Cha Slide》(2000年)中的一句歌词,常在婚礼和派对上播放;这里的'freeze'指示舞者立即停住。
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资产冻结
The court imposed an asset freeze on the company.
法院对公司实施了资产冻结。