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seize up

英 [siːz ʌp]

美 [siːz ʌp]

(身体某部分因紧张或上了年纪而)发僵,无法动弹; (发动机等)停止运转,发生故障

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB (身体某部分因紧张或上了年纪而)发僵,无法动弹
    If a part of your bodyseizes up, it suddenly stops working, because you have strained it or because you are getting old.
    1. After two days' exertions, it's the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs...
      两天的辛苦劳累过后,发僵的是胳膊和双手,腿倒没事。
    2. We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little.
      我们刚生下来时身体都很灵活,但随着年龄的增长,手脚会变得有些僵硬。
  • PHRASAL VERB (发动机等)停止运转,发生故障
    If something such as an engineseizes up, it stops working, because it has not been properly cared for.
    1. She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
      她往油箱里加了些柴油而不是汽油,致使发动机发生故障。

双语例句

  • Its problem is not a lack of resources, but the political unwillingness of Member States to finance each other when markets seize up.
    它的问题不是缺乏资金,而是在市场失灵时各成员国缺乏互相融资的政治意愿。
  • But if depositors all demanded their cash at once, the banking system would fail and the economy seize up overnight.
    但如果所有储户同时提取现金,银行体系就会崩溃,经济也将在一夜之间停止运转。
  • The Treasury will stand ready to buy bonds issued by biggish firms should markets seize up.
    如果市场抓住该机会的话,财政部将会准备好去购买大企业发售的债券。
  • The engineers, being a conservative bunch, thought that after a few thousand steps the motor would seize up.
    那些工程师们是一伙保守人士,认为移动几千步以后电机就会失灵。
  • It was their sudden withdrawal that caused the market in asset backed commercial paper ( ABCP) to seize up.
    正是由于短期债券的突然撤出才导致了资产支持商业票据的失灵。
  • If you fail to oil the engine regularly, it could seize up without warning.
    如果你不定期给机器加油,它随时可能停止运转。
  • The important lesson is that bank regulators cannot fully or accurately forecast whether, for example, subprime mortgages will turn toxic, or a particular tranche of a collateralised debt obligation will default, or even if the financial system will seize up.
    重要的教训是银行监管机构无法全面准确的进行预测,例如,次债是否会成为有毒资产,或某一笔特定的担保债务凭证是否违约,甚或某一金融体系是否会失灵。
  • However, the counterparty problem poses a real risk that the cogs of the system could start to seize up again in the coming days.
    然而,对手问题形成了真正的风险,未来数日,金融体系的齿轮可能再次被卡住。
  • My joints seize up in the cold weather.
    天气寒冷,我的关节都冻僵了。
  • I go faster and the engines seize up.
    一旦加速,引擎就会失灵的。