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stop doing sth
表示停下正在做的事。
She stopped crying when she saw her mom.
她看到妈妈时停止了哭泣。
停止
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停止
to cease moving, operating, or continuing
She stopped crying when she saw her mom.
她看到妈妈时停止了哭泣。
The bus stopped at the traffic light.
公交车在红绿灯处停下了。
Please stop making so much noise.
请不要制造这么多噪音。
We waited at the bus stop for ten minutes.
我们在公交车站等了十分钟。
表示停下正在做的事。
She stopped crying when she saw her mom.
她看到妈妈时停止了哭泣。
表示停下手中的事去做另一件事。
He stopped to have a drink.
他停下来喝杯水。
表示阻止某人做某事。
Nothing can stop him from going abroad.
没有什么能阻止他出国。
Not this
He decided to stop to smoke.
Use this
He decided to stop smoking.
中文“停止做某事”容易误译为“stop to do”，但“stop to do”表示停下当前动作去做另一件事，而“stop doing”才表示停止正在做的事。
Not this
He stoped the car in front of the house.
Use this
He stopped the car in front of the house.
动词stop的过去式需要双写p再加-ed，即stopped，而不是直接加-ed。
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名词表示停止、车站等，可数；动词兼具及物与不及物用法，注意过去式和现在分词形式。
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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