cease
verb[IorT]
formaluk/siːs/us/siːs/B2
tostopsomething:
停止,中止Whether theprotestswill ceaseremainsto beseen.抗议活动是否会停止还说不定。
Thecompanyhasdecidedto cease all UKoperationsafter thisyear.公司决定从明年开始停止一切在英国的业务活动。
[+ to infinitive]Workplacenurserieswill ceasetobeliablefortax.将停止对工作场所的托儿所征税。
- Weexpectthesepracticesto ceaseforthwith.
- Heclaimsthatprejudiceagainsthomosexualswould ceaseovernightif all thegaystarsin thecountrywerehonestabouttheirsexuality.
- Thisbarbaritymust cease!
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- draw
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- laysomeoneto restidiom
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
- subdue
Idiom
cease and desist
cease
noun
formaluk/siːs/us/siːs/without cease
withoutstopping:
不停止,连续Thebellsstartedringingatmiddayandcontinued, without cease, tillsunrise.