It soon becomes apparent that the amount of choices we're offered from our society can be too overwhelming, which causes us to stop dead in our tracks.

但很快，社会加之给我们的大量选择就崩盘了，我们也随之消糜在摸索的道路上。

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The car gave a sudden jerk and came to a dead stop.

汽车猛然一颠，猝然停下。

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After all, there will always be more things to "get done" (you only stop getting things done when you're dead).

毕竟，总是会有更多的事情需要你去“做”(只有死了才能停止)。

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And just in case the assumptions are not true, we're just going to stop dead in our tracks.

验证下假设条件，万一传递的参数。

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Undergoing a rigorous training programme that usually spans four years, Zimbabwean guides must actually shoot and kill four of the big five (rhinos are endangered and thus exempt), learning how to stop them dead in their tracks.

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He then screeched to a dead stop in 1.4 seconds, sustaining a force equivalent to 46.2 times gravity.

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In about six and a half minutes the spacecraft had to go from more than 10, 000 miles an hour to a dead stop.

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