grinding
adj
1 making a harsh noise (as if) from friction 发出(似)摩擦声的; 刺耳的
The car screeched to a halt with grinding brakes. 汽车停住时发出刺耳的刹车声.
2 (idm 习语) bring sth/come to a grinding `halt (infml 口) (cause sth to) stop completely (使某物)停住, 停稳. grinding `poverty (rhet 修辞) extreme poverty that causes suffering 贫苦不堪.
🗣️ 情景例句
The leader takes the first ten cards
指挥拿出上面的十张牌,
An old physician,and a young lawyer.
医生老的好,律师年轻的好。
Yes. If we go on polluting the world, it won't be fit for us to live in.