stop short at(doing sth)

stop short at(doing sth)突然煞住;决定不做(某事)：The engineer stopped short at his designing because a more urgent job was waiting for him to do. 那工程师突然停止了他的设计工作，因为有一件更紧急的工作等着他去做。

• dermatherm
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• sterile distribution
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• go to one's account
• toilet roll
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• take oneself in hand
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• cattle car
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• (have / drop) a word in sb's ear
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