英语词汇“cease”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cease

/siːs

verb

Come or bring to an end: [no object]: the hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed [with infinitive]: on his retirement the job will cease to exist [with object]: they were asked to cease all military activity...

This behaviour ceases when parents stop hostilities and become more relaxed about the situation.
Now and again we would have watched a funny TV programme together and hostilities would cease.
We could expect that such groups would break up and cease to exist after such a failure.

Synonyms

come to an end, come to a halt, come to a stop, end, halt, stop, conclude, terminate, finish, wind up, draw to a close, be over, come to a standstill;

pause, break off;

peter out, fizzle out, abate, fade away, die away

bring to an end, bring to a halt, bring to a stop, end, halt, stop, conclude, terminate, finish, wind up, discontinue, desist from, refrain from, leave off, quit, shut down, suspend, break off, cut short

Phrases

never cease to

without cease

Origin

Middle English: from Old French cesser, from Latin cessare 'stop', from cedere 'to yield'.

cede from early 16th century:
Cede is from French céder or Latin cedere ‘to yield, give way, go’. Cedere is a rich source of English words including abscess (mid 16th century) ‘going away’ (of the infection when it bursts); access [Middle English] ‘go to’; ancestor (Middle English) someone who went ante ‘before’; antecedent (Late Middle English) from the same base as ancestor; cease (Middle English); concede (Late Middle English) to give way completely; decease (Middle English) ‘go away’; exceed (Late Middle English) to go beyond a boundary; intercede (late 16th century) go between; predecessor (Late Middle English) one who went away before; proceed (Late Middle English) to go forward; recede (Late Middle English) ‘go back’; and succeed (Late Middle English) ‘come close after’.

单词	cease
释义	cease /siːs / verb Come or bring to an end: [no object]: the hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed [with infinitive]: on his retirement the job will cease to exist [with object]: they were asked to cease all military activity... This behaviour ceases when parents stop hostilities and become more relaxed about the situation. Now and again we would have watched a funny TV programme together and hostilities would cease. We could expect that such groups would break up and cease to exist after such a failure. Synonyms come to an end, come to a halt, come to a stop, end, halt, stop, conclude, terminate, finish, wind up, draw to a close, be over, come to a standstill; pause, break off; peter out, fizzle out, abate, fade away, die away bring to an end, bring to a halt, bring to a stop, end, halt, stop, conclude, terminate, finish, wind up, discontinue, desist from, refrain from, leave off, quit, shut down, suspend, break off, cut short Phrases never cease to without cease Origin Middle English: from Old French cesser, from Latin cessare 'stop', from cedere 'to yield'. cede from early 16th century: Cede is from French céder or Latin cedere ‘to yield, give way, go’. Cedere is a rich source of English words including abscess (mid 16th century) ‘going away’ (of the infection when it bursts); access [Middle English] ‘go to’; ancestor (Middle English) someone who went ante ‘before’; antecedent (Late Middle English) from the same base as ancestor; cease (Middle English); concede (Late Middle English) to give way completely; decease (Middle English) ‘go away’; exceed (Late Middle English) to go beyond a boundary; intercede (late 16th century) go between; predecessor (Late Middle English) one who went away before; proceed (Late Middle English) to go forward; recede (Late Middle English) ‘go back’; and succeed (Late Middle English) ‘come close after’. Rhymes anis, apiece, Berenice, caprice, cassis, coulisse, crease, Dumfries, fils, fleece, geese, grease, Greece, kris, lease, Lucrece, MacNeice, Matisse, McAleese, Nice, niece, obese, peace, pelisse, police, Rees, Rhys, set piece, sublease, surcease, two-piece, underlease
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