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The roadworks brought the traffic to a standstill. 是什麼意思
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They were fixing (or otherwise working on) the road, so part of it was blocked off, or cars had to go a different way, or slow down a great deal, meaning the traffic was not moving.
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@satthusketchup Yes - although I might personally prefer: “The roadworks brought traffic to a standstill.”
It really depends on context!
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"The roadworks brought the traffic to a standstill." roughly means: .....???? Can you explain in the simple way?
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@satthusketchup
People are working on the road.
Now the traffic is stuck.
:)
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Yes, but usually only a news reporter or someone telling a story would write something like that. It is quite formal language, not casual speech or conversation.
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@satthusketchup either drawing might be the situation. Basically as I said before there are two important things:
- they are doing work on the road
- because of this work the traffic (right now) is not moving. Cars are stuck (standing still).
The important thing is not where the cars are, it is that they are not moving (right now) because of the work. If the road is blocked, but the traffic is still flowing well on a different road, it is NOT at a standstill - it is still moving :)
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Your meaning is what this picture is described??? Is it correct?
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I am very confused. I think that vehicle can not move and it must stop completely until the problem (a crash on the road causing traffic congestion) is dealt with.
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@satthusketchup Yes, exactly.
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@satthusketchup this is clearly too difficult to explain. The traffic is at a standstill means the traffic is not moving at that time.
However before and after it is still moving, probably slowly. It must be able to move at some time or there would not be any traffic! So similarly an accident might bring traffic to a standstill.
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