stop to do & stop doing

stop to do & stop doing

stop to do #

停止、中断做某事,去做另一件事

The phone’s ringing now, so I have to stop to pick up the phone.

stop doing #

停止做某事

The baby finally stopped crying.

She stopped rushing home to her TV series to watch the beautiful sunset.

She stopped thinking about her lost dog and tried to focus on her work.

Examples #

The ship gradually stopped to let people board at 4 o’clock. 30 minutes later, it stopped picking up passengers and left the harbor.

So I stopped reading my book and turned on the TV. My mon also stopped to watch as well.