The private banks more or less ground to a halt. The foreign banks went from expansion to sharp decline, with their share of loans dropping from a peak of 7% to a paltry 5.3% last December.

外国银行从迅速扩张走向急剧衰落，贷款市场份额从最高7%到去年12月份降低仅仅5.3%。

Mitchell will press Israel to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and disputed East Jerusalem.

米切尔将敦促以色列停止在约旦河西岸和有争议的东耶路撒冷地区扩建犹太人定居点。

Mr. Obama has lost popularity in Israel because of American pressure to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

奥巴马在以色列的受欢迎程度下降是因为美国施压，要求以色列停止在约旦河西岸和东耶路撒冷扩建定居点。

The Palestinians have conditioned a resumption of negotiations on a halt to Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but Israel has refused.

巴勒斯坦提出过恢复谈判的条件，也就是以色列停止在西岸和东耶路撒冷扩大定居点，但是遭到以色列拒绝。

Early this month, Guangdong Province ordered a halt to any further expansion of three major polluting industries, including the cement, ceramics and plate-glass production facilities, in the PRD.

本月初，广东省叫停了珠三角地区的水泥、陶瓷和平板玻璃这三个重污染行业的扩张。