stop
To cease an activity, movement, or process. It is used when someone or something is no longer doing what they were doing or moving from one place to another.
Beispiele
3 von 5Please stop the car near the park.
Please stop the car near the park.
The committee decided to stop the funding for the project.
The committee decided to stop the funding for the project.
Hey, stop it! That's annoying.
Hey, stop it! That's annoying.
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Think of the red octagonal sign on the street; the word 'stop' has the same shape as a closed hand saying 'halt'.
Schnelles Quiz
I need to ___ eating sugar to stay healthy.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: stop
Beispiele
Please stop the car near the park.
everydayPlease stop the car near the park.
The committee decided to stop the funding for the project.
formalThe committee decided to stop the funding for the project.
Hey, stop it! That's annoying.
informalHey, stop it! That's annoying.
Researchers had to stop the experiment due to safety concerns.
academicResearchers had to stop the experiment due to safety concerns.
We should stop production until the error is fixed.
businessWe should stop production until the error is fixed.
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
stop by
to visit a place for a short time
stop over
to stay at a place for one night while traveling
non-stop
without any pauses or interruptions
Wird oft verwechselt mit
Stay means to remain in a place, while stop means to end a movement or action.
Quit usually refers to permanently ending a habit or leaving a job, whereas stop is more general.
Nutzungshinweise
Use 'stop' with a gerund (-ing) to mean ending an activity. Use it with an infinitive (to + verb) to mean pausing one activity to start another.
Häufige Fehler
Learners often say 'stop to smoke' when they mean they have quit the habit of smoking; they should say 'stop smoking'.
Merkhilfe
Think of the red octagonal sign on the street; the word 'stop' has the same shape as a closed hand saying 'halt'.
Wortherkunft
Derived from the Old English 'stoppian', which originally meant to plug or close a hole.
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
The English word 'STOP' is used on road signs in many countries regardless of the native language due to international traffic standards.
Schnelles Quiz
I need to ___ eating sugar to stay healthy.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: stop
Ähnliche Regeln
Verwandte Redewendungen
Verwandtes Vokabular
To separate into pieces suddenly or violently, especially as...
endThe final part or the conclusion of something, such as a per...
delayA situation where something happens later than planned or ex...
preventTo stop something from happening or to keep someone from doi...
blockA block is a solid piece of hard material, typically with fl...
Ähnliche Wörter
to
A1Used to indicate the place, person, or thing that someone or something moves toward. It can also mark the recipient of an action or the limit of a range.
and
A1A primary conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or clauses that are grammatically equal. It indicates addition, a sequence of events, or a relationship between two things.
a
A1A word used before a singular noun that is not specific or is being mentioned for the first time. It is used only before words that begin with a consonant sound to indicate one of something.
that
A1This word is a demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a specific person, object, or idea that is further away in space or time from the speaker. It is also used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned or to introduce a clause that identifies something.
I
A1The pronoun 'I' is used by a speaker or writer to refer to themselves as the subject of a verb. It is the first-person singular subject pronoun in English and is always capitalized regardless of its position in a sentence.
for
A1Used to show who is intended to have or use something, or to explain the purpose or reason for an action. It is also frequently used to indicate a specific duration of time.
not
A1A function word used to express negation or denial. It is primarily used to make a sentence or phrase negative, often following an auxiliary verb or the verb 'to be'.
with
A1A preposition used to indicate that people or things are together, in the same place, or performing an action together. It can also describe the instrument used to perform an action or a characteristic that someone or something has.
he
A1A pronoun used to refer to a male person or animal that has already been mentioned or is easily identified. It functions as the subject of a sentence.
you
A1Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
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