freeze [friːz] ① v.(使)结冰;冷藏,冷冻;冻结(资金等);突然停止,呆住 ② n.(价格、工资等的)冻结;(活动或过程的)停止
例句 If they withstand the legal challenges, the rules could shutter hundreds of polluting, coal-fired power plants and freeze construction of such plants
in the future, while leading to a transformation of the nation’s power
sector from reliance on fossil fuels to wind, solar and nuclear power.
【2015-10《纽约时报》】
如果这些规则能禁得住合法质疑,就能在将来关闭数百个污染性的
煤电厂并冻结这类工厂的建设,同时使国家电力行业从依赖化石燃
料转变为依赖风能、太阳能和核电。
派生 frozen [ˈfrəʊz(ə)n] adj. 冷冻的,冷藏的;结冰的;冻僵的
近义词 v. 冷藏,冷冻