cease
英 [siːs]
美 [siːs]
v. (使)停止，终止，结束
过去分词：ceased 第三人称单数：ceases 过去式：ceased 现在分词：ceasing
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2679 / COCA.4470
同义词辨析
stopv. 停止
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指迅速或突然地中止某一行为、活动或状态；后接动名词时，表示直接停止做某事；后接动词不定式时，表示停下来去做某事。
〔例证〕
The machine stopped working.
机器停止运转了。
Seeing a man lying on the road, the driver stopped his car.
司机发现路上躺着一个人，便急忙刹车。
I stopped to see what had happened.
我停下来去看发生了什么事。
机器停止运转了。
Seeing a man lying on the road, the driver stopped his car.
司机发现路上躺着一个人，便急忙刹车。
I stopped to see what had happened.
我停下来去看发生了什么事。
ceasev. 〈正式〉停止，终止，结束
〔辨析〕
指逐渐结束某一活动或状态，常含永久性终止之意，后接动名词或动词不定式均可，且意思基本不变。
〔例证〕
The old woman ceased breathing the night before.
老妇人前一天晚上停止了呼吸。
Both sides agreed to cease the war.
双方都同意结束这场战争。
She ceased to be a member of the association.
她不再是协会会员。
老妇人前一天晚上停止了呼吸。
Both sides agreed to cease the war.
双方都同意结束这场战争。
She ceased to be a member of the association.
她不再是协会会员。
haltv. 停下，停止
〔辨析〕
指停止前进或中止活动、发展等。
〔例证〕
The train suddenly halted.
火车突然停了下来。
The soldiers halted and rested from their march.
士兵们停止前进，稍作休息。
Our company halted the operations during the strike.
罢工期间，我们公司暂止了业务。
火车突然停了下来。
The soldiers halted and rested from their march.
士兵们停止前进，稍作休息。
Our company halted the operations during the strike.
罢工期间，我们公司暂止了业务。
习惯用语
v.
- wonders will never cease
- （表示惊喜）真是无奇不有，怪事何其多
a phrase used to express surprise and pleasure at sth - ‘I've cleaned my room.’ ‘Wonders will never cease!’
“我把我的房间打扫干净了。”“怎么太阳从西边出来了！”
牛津词典
verb
- （使）停止，终止，结束
to stop happening or existing; to stop sth from happening or existing- Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
一旦就业，即停发福利救济。 - You never cease to amaze me!
你总能让我感到惊奇！ - They voted to cease strike action immediately.
他们投票决定立即停止罢工。 - He ordered his men to cease fire (= stop shooting) .
他命令手下停止射击。 - The company ceased trading in June.
这家公司已于六月停业。
- Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 停止;终了;消失
If somethingceases, it stops happening or existing.- At one o'clock the rain had ceased.
一点时，雨已停了。
- At one o'clock the rain had ceased.
- VERB 停止;终止
If youcease todo something, you stop doing it.- He never ceases to amaze me...
他总能给我惊喜。 - The secrecy about the President's condition had ceased to matter...
总统的健康状况已经没有保密的必要。 - A small number of firms have ceased trading.
一小部分公司已经停止贸易。
- He never ceases to amaze me...
- VERB 停止;终止
If youceasesomething, you stop it happening or working.- The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.
阿拉斯加的周报《苔原时报》本周停刊了。
- The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.
英英释义
noun
- (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
verb
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
- the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
- Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
- My property ends by the bushes
- The symphony ends in a pianissimo
- put an end to a state or an activity
- Quit teasing your little brother
双语例句
- Once our services cease to be useful to them, we're expendable
一旦我们的服务对他们不再有用，我们就可能被抛弃。 - To cease providing effective service or function.
停止提供有效服务和功能。 - They agreed on a cease fire.
他们就停火问题达成协议。 - Tell me, will you do this for me, and cease to weep?
你说，你愿意吗，为了我，你就不要再哭了？ - A small number of firms have ceased trading.
一小部分公司已经停止贸易。 - He never ceases to amaze me
他总能给我惊喜。 - They must immediately cease all their provocations.
他们必须停止一切挑衅。 - When did I cease to exist?
我是什么时候停止存在的？ - When you cease to dream you cease to live.
当你停止梦想的时候，你就停止了生存。 - I think and think and cannot cease from thinking.
我想了又想，一直想个没完。