seize up

英 [siːz ʌp]

美 [siːz ʌp]

（身体某部分因紧张或上了年纪而）发僵，无法动弹; （发动机等）停止运转，发生故障

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (身体某部分因紧张或上了年纪而)发僵，无法动弹
  If a part of your bodyseizes up, it suddenly stops working, because you have strained it or because you are getting old.
  1. After two days' exertions, it's the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs...
     两天的辛苦劳累过后，发僵的是胳膊和双手，腿倒没事。
  2. We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little.
     我们刚生下来时身体都很灵活，但随着年龄的增长，手脚会变得有些僵硬。
• PHRASAL VERB (发动机等)停止运转，发生故障
  If something such as an engineseizes up, it stops working, because it has not been properly cared for.
  1. She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
     她往油箱里加了些柴油而不是汽油，致使发动机发生故障。

双语例句

• It was their sudden withdrawal that caused the market in asset backed commercial paper ( ABCP) to seize up.
  正是由于短期债券的突然撤出才导致了资产支持商业票据的失灵。
• If the lubrication system is not functioning properly, the working parts may seize up.
  在润滑系统作用失常时，运转部件可能卡住。
• But there still appears to be room for values to rise, provided global credit markets do not seize up.
  而且，只要信用市场不收紧，日本的房地产看起来还有不少上升空间。
• After two days 'exertions, it's the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs
  两天的辛苦劳累过后，发僵的是胳膊和双手，腿倒没事。
• The Treasury will stand ready to buy bonds issued by biggish firms should markets seize up.
  如果市场抓住该机会的话，财政部将会准备好去购买大企业发售的债券。
• We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little.
  我们刚生下来时身体都很灵活，但随着年龄的增长，手脚会变得有些僵硬。
• The moves signal that although bankers view the internationalisation of the Chinese currency as a big opportunity, they see a risk that the small but fast-growing offshore renminbi market could seize up.
  这些举动显示，尽管银行家们把人民币国际化视为一个重大机遇，但他们也看到了一个风险：即规模较小、但增长迅速的离岸人民币市场有可能运转不畅。
• The engineers, being a conservative bunch, thought that after a few thousand steps the motor would seize up.
  那些工程师们是一伙保守人士，认为移动几千步以后电机就会失灵。
• The Chinese leadership is scared to death about the consequences if the domestic credit markets were to seize up as they have in other places, according to people familiar with the debate.
  据一位知情人士表示，假如中国信贷市场象其它地方那样冻结，中国领导层对由此产生的后果是会吓坏的。
• Your engine will seize up if you don't put some more oil in.
  你再不加些润滑油，发动机就要卡住了。