freezes up

As the crisis amply demonstrated, when trust erodes, the system freezes up.

危机充分证明，当信任受到侵蚀时，系统就被冻结了。

If its execution takes any noticeable time at all, then the application freezes up during this execution.

如果它的执行占用了显著的时间，那么在执行期间应用程序就会冻结。

My computer freezes up on an hourly basis.

我的电脑每小时死一次。

In winter the weather vane often freezes up.

气象风向标在冬季经常僵立不动。