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单词 desist
释义
desist
verb[I]
formal
uk
/dɪˈsɪst/us
/dɪˈsɪst/
tostopdoing something,especiallysomething that someoneelsedoes notwantyou to do:
停止，中止（他人不希望发生的事）
Thesoldiershave beenorderedto desistfromfiringtheirguns.士兵们已接到命令停止射击。
The highwindsareexpectedto desisttomorrow.大风预计将于明天停止。
Synonyms
abstain
refrainformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Abstaining and refraining
  • abstain
  • abstainer
  • abstemious
  • abstemiously
  • abstention
  • disengage
  • fast
  • forbear
  • forbearance
  • give
  • give up
  • hors de combat
  • keep
  • keep(someone/something)out ofsomething
  • step
  • step back
  • stop
  • stop short ofsomethingidiom
  • swear offsomething
  • touch
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Causing something to end
(Definition ofdesistfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

desist| American Dictionary

desist
verb[I]
fml
us
/dɪˈzɪst,-ˈsɪst/
tostopdoing something:
She wasorderedto desist fromplayingmusicafter 11 p.m.
(Definition ofdesistfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesist

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With rampant unemployment and a surplus of labor, many workers desisted from joining unions out of fear of such reprisals.
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Idesistfrom trying to specify too precisely what the upper limit might be on the size of a workable legislative assembly.
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Although we found significant decreases in the mean levels of problem behavior, the categorical analyses revealed that more children persist thandesistin problem behavior.
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Another question is whether individuals whodesistdo so under better educational and employment conditions compared to persisting delinquents.
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Out of that group, almost 40% desisted in serious offending between ages 20 and 25.
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But todesistfrom these truly vital questions would appear to us as dereliction of duty.
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Therefore, it is necessary to stipulate how large the window needs to be to consider a person as having desisted.
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When asked to pay the same, they requested the authorities todesistfrom flouting traditions.
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In early adulthood, endorsing an antisocial lifestyle and being employed or in school were closely related to patterns of persisting or desisting in crime.
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It also seems likely that some of the individuals desisted earlier than the desistance window of ages 20 -25 used in this analysis.
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In time, such effortsdesistfrom being sunk costs, and instead acquire utility value.
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With a few notable exceptions, injunctions have been generally recognized as less effective enforcement tools than cease anddesistorders.
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A class of individuals, labeled childhood limited, who demonstrated conduct problems in childhood but subsequently desisted, was also identified (24.3%).
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They found that antisocial adolescents who desisted from criminality had significantly greater physiological arousal and orienting than antisocial adolescents who became adult criminals.
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The ease with which she desists, with which song fades back into speech, underscores all the more her discomfort with music, her inability or unwillingness to let herself go.
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