释义 |
pause /pɔːz/► SEE ALLgive (sb) pause for thoughtgive (sb) pausea pregnant pause/silence ●give (sb) pause for ˈthought●give (sb) ˈpause (formal) make sb think seriously about sth or hesitate before doing sth 使认真考虑;使犹豫◆His remarks on the conditions in our prisons gave me pause for thought. Until that moment I’d never realized things were so bad. 他对我们监狱状况的评价引起了我认真的思考,此前我从未意识到情况这么糟。●a pregnant ˈpause/ˈsilencea pause/silence in which everyone is waiting or listening for sth, or a moment of silence which is full of meaning 耐人寻味的停顿/沉默;意义深远的停顿/沉默◆There was a pregnant pause while everyone waited to hear what she had to say.她意味深长地停顿了一下,每个人都等着听她要说些什么。 |