| 释义 |
desistance|dɪˈzɪstəns|
Also -ence.
[f. desist v.: cf. OF. desistance, -ence (1300 in Godef.): see -ance.]
The action of desisting, leaving off, or forbearing to proceed; cessation, discontinuance of action.
1632Lithgow Trav. i. 4, I partly forbeare..and reconciled times pleading desistance, moderate discretion inserteth silent patience. 1648Boyle Seraph. Love xiii. (1700) 78 Men..make it both the Motive and the Excuse of their Desistance from giving any more, That they have given already. 1768Women of Honor III. 48 It is an argument the more for your desistence. 1803S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang., A word commanding cessation and desistance. 1879H. Spencer Data of Ethics vi. §33. 79 Life is maintained by persistence in acts which conduce to it, and desistance from acts which impede it. 1884― in 19th Cent. Nov. 837, I must here close the discussion, so far as my own desistence enables me. |