战争爆发了,几乎使航运事业完全停顿了好几年.用英语怎么说？

战争爆发了,几乎使航运事业完全停顿了好几年.

The war came and almost entirely annihilate the steamboating industry during several years.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

war

n. 战争，战争期间，斗争，论战；vi. 进行战斗，作战，同…处于交战状态；

例句
The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...
战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。

came

v. 来( come的过去式 )，到达，达到（认识、理解或相信的程度），出生；

例句
She came in for a coffee, and told me about her friend Shona...
她进来喝了杯咖啡，并向我谈起了她的朋友肖纳。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

almost

adv. 几乎，差不多，将近，快要，近乎；

例句
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...
尽管还很痛，她已经基本上行动如常。

entirely

adv. 完全地，完整地，全部地，彻底地；

例句
I say 'boys' advisedly because we are talking almost entirely about male behaviour...
我特意说成“男孩们”因为我们几乎一直在讨论男性的行为。

annihilate

vt. 歼灭，毁灭，使消失，彻底击败，战胜，使无效，使废弃；vi. 湮灭，湮没；

例句
The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself.
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。

industry

n. 工业，产业（经济词汇），工业界，勤劳；

例句
...the importance of strong links between industry and academia.
工业界和学术界间紧密联系的重要性

during

prep. 在…的时候，在…期间，当…之时，其间；

例句
...the accrual of funds used during construction.
建设过程中资金的累积

several

adj. 几个的，专有的，各自的，分别的；pron. 几个，数个，一些；

例句
He's already altered several of the proposals in his economic plan to accommodate demands of special interests.
他已经改动了经济计划中的几项提议以迁就特殊利益集团的要求。

years

n. 年( year的名词复数 )，年纪，一年的期间，某年级的学生；

例句
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him...
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。