每日一词198
1. 认识这个词（基础篇）
词：stall
英英释义：to stop making progress or developing
例句：While his career has stalled, hers has taken off.
2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）
“stall”是动词，它最常见的意思是汽车“熄火”“抛锚”，也常引申为“暂缓、搁置、停顿”，表示这个意思是常用作不及物动词。stall 可以在一些场景下替换 stop，我们通过几个例子掌握它的用法。
我们想表示“停滞不前”时就可以用到 stall，比如当职业停滞不前时就可以说“career has stalled”：
While his career has stalled, hers has taken off.
小米一直想进军高端智能手机市场，不过一直没什么进展，这时就可以说：
Xiaomi‘s rise to top of smartphone market has stalled.
再比如有些方案早就规划好了，但是迟迟没有进展：
Although the plan had been mapped out long ago, the process stalled.
《经济学人》中也经常用到 stall，比如：
1）If you are good at your job, you rise up the career ladder. Eventually, there will be a job you are not good at and at that point your career will stall.
2）The growth of carbon-dioxide emissions around the world will stall in 2015.
3. 从认识到会用（作业）
1）翻译下面的句子：
由于会谈停滞不前，双方都陷入了窘境。
Because the talk stalls, both sides get into an awkward position.
造句
The economic development of this country stalled due to financial crisis.
（参考翻译：As talks stall, both sides are in a dilemma.）
