1. Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: dogs can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes. 我们能够通过暂停来消除我们固有的反应，这是我们与动物的不同之处：狗思考未来只能断断续续地或只能维持几分钟。
2. He talked for two hours without pausing for breath. 他谈了两个小时，没有停下来喘口气。
3. Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house. 他只停下来穿了件毛衣就冲出了屋外。
4. He continued rapidly up the path, not pausing until he neared the Chapter House. 他继续快速地沿着那小径走，直到走近牧师会礼堂才停下脚步。
5. He was kept pausing in order to look at the sceneshifters' maneuvers. 他一直停下来观察换布景者的动作。
