Stop,名词、及物动词、不及物动词,作名词时翻译为“停止;车站;障碍;逗留”,作及物动词时翻译为“停止;堵塞;断绝”,作不及物动词时翻译为“停止;中止;逗留;被塞住”。
(1)stop doing sth. 意为“停止做某事”,doing是stop的宾语,是要停止的动作。例如:
The four boys stopped talking when they saw me.
那四个男孩一见我就停止了讲话。
(2)stop to do sth. 意为“停下来开始做某事”,to do 是stop 的状语,表示目的,指要开始做的事情。例如:
The four boys stopped to talk to me when they saw me.
那四个男孩一看到我就停下来和我讲话。
(3)stop …from doing sth. 意为“阻止……做某事”,from可以省略。例如:
We must stop him from going to swim in the river.
我们必须阻止他去河里游泳。
This behaviour must stop ─ do I make myself clear?
这种行为必须停止——我讲清楚了吧?
If I had the choice, I would stop working tomorrow.
如果让我选择,我明天就停止工作。
I want to go and you can't stop me.
我要走,你拦不住我。
You can't stop people from saying what they think.
人们怎么想就会怎么说,你阻止不了。
It is time to put a stop to the violence.
现在是结束这场暴力活动的时候了。