desist

英 [dɪˈzɪst]

美 [dɪˈzɪst]

v.  停止; 结束

过去式：desisted　第三人称单数：desists　现在分词：desisting　过去分词：desisted　

BNC.19558 / COCA.21651

牛津词典

verb

• 停止；结束
  to stop doing sth
  1. They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.
     他们同意停止大规模轰炸。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 停止（做）；不再（做）
  If youdesist fromdoing something, you stop doing it.
  1. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America...
     福特从未停止过劝说他返回美国。
  2. The magazine will desist from such language after receiving complaints...
     杂志接到投诉之后将杜绝使用此类语言。
  3. She rubbed her arms, but they hurt and she desisted.
     她揉了揉胳膊，感觉很疼就停下了。

英英释义

verb

• choose not to consume
  1. I abstain from alcohol
  Synonym:abstainrefrain

双语例句

• They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.
  他们同意停止大规模轰炸。
• They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.
  已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。
• I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.
  我一生一直为了令自己喜欢英格兰人而努力，但我不得不在绝望中放弃这一项实验。
• Tell your representatives to CEASE and DESIST with the permitting the transfer of dual-use technologies and manufacturing techniques to China in return for short-term profits.
  告诉你们的议员不能为了短期的利益而向中国转让军民两用技术和生产工艺。
• The judge told the man to desist from threatening his wife.
  法官告诫那男子切莫再去威胁其妻。
• The magazine will desist from such language after receiving complaints
  杂志接到投诉之后将杜绝使用此类语言。
• In each instance, he dispatches a cease-and-desist letter.
  在每个案例中，他都会发出一份要求对方终止剽窃行为的信函。
• Kindly desist from treating the disabled so coldly.
  请不要再这样冷淡对待残疾人士了。
• Seeing the boss coming, they desist from gossiping.
  见老板来了，他们停止了闲谈。
• If people knew how much I hated that, they would desist.
  如果人们知道我多么讨厌这种套话，他们就不会这么写了。