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pause

美音:[pɔz ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[pɔz ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.中止,暂停,休止符 vi.暂停,中止,停顿,踌躇 n.暂停

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pause为高中词汇   词频:4114

词形变化:

动词过去式:paused 过去分词:paused 现在分词:pausing 第三人称单数:pauses

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pos=to place,to put(置,放)

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cease  recess  rest  stop  wait  proceed    

pause


/pɔ:z; pɔz/
n
1 ~ (in sth) temporary stop in action or speech (行为、讲话中的)暂停, 临时中止
*a moment's pause 短暂的停顿
* He slipped out during a pause in the conversation. 谈话中稍一停顿他就溜了出去.
* After a short pause, they continued walking. 他们稍稍停了停, 然後继续走路.
* She spoke for an hour without a pause. 她不停地讲了一小时. =>Usage at break2 用法见break2.
2 (music 音) sign (  ) over a note(5b) or rest2(3) to show that it should be longer than usual 延长记号  (标在音符或休止符上表示该符应比通常所示为长).
3 (idm 习语) give pause to sb/give sb pause make sb hesitate before doing sth 使某人做某事前犹豫
*Weather conditions were bad enough to give pause to even the most experienced climbers. 天气十分恶劣, 即使最有经验的登山者也犹豫不决. a pregnant pause/silence => pregnant.

v [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) make a pause 中止; 暂停; 停顿
*He paused for a moment, and then continued his speech. 他停顿了一下然後继续讲话.
* Let's pause for a cup of coffee. 我们歇歇喝杯咖啡吧.
* speak without pausing for breath, ie very quickly 一口气说下去.
1. Before we go any further, it might make sense to require a temporary pause on research into human cloning in order to make a systematic enquiry into the grave questions it raises.
    在我们尚未继续前进之前,最好是先要求暂时停止克隆人类的研究,以便系统地研究它所引发的深刻问题。

2. The next time someone interprets something differently from you — say, a controversial political event — pause to reflect on the role of life experience and consider it a gift of perception.
    下次如果有人对某件事与你有不同的看法,比如某个有争议的政治事件,停下来想想这其实是生活阅历使然,应把它看作一种感知能力的馈赠。

3. He slipped out during a pause in the conversation.
    谈话中稍一停顿他就溜了出去.

4. And a similar high percentage among Hasidic Jews (哈西德派犹太教徒) in New York and among Turkish and Afghan Muslims (阿富汗穆斯林教徒) — gives one pause.
    在纽约的哈西德派犹太教徒中,以及在土耳其和阿富汗的穆斯林教徒中,也有同样高的成功率。

5. "I´m inclined to believe what you say," said the policeman, after a pause.
    “你的话我真有点信。”巡警停了一会儿说。

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