| 单词 | discontinue |
| 释义 | discontinue (once / 1632 pages) v To discontinue something is to stop it. If you've grown bored with the magazine you get in the mail every month, you can discontinue your subscription. You discontinue things that you want to quit doing or otherwise want to bring to an end. A company also might discontinue a product, or stop making it — you'll be sad if a candy maker discontinues your favorite jelly beans. The word discontinue combines dis-, or "not," with continue, which comes from the Latin continuare, "join together, connect, or make continuous." WORD FAMILYdiscontinue: discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinued, discontinues, discontinuing+/continuance: continuances/continuation: continuations/continue: continuance, continuation, continued, continues, continuing, discontinue/continuing: continuingly/discontinuance: discontinuances/discontinuation: discontinuations USAGE EXAMPLESThe government rejected that move, saying there was no need to discontinue the country’s 5,000-rupee note, worth about $48. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Shortly after the Supreme Court decision the IU board of trustees discontinued domestic partner benefits. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The treatment was discontinued in mid-December after it did not lead to any improvements in Luke’s condition. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v put an end to a state or an activity Syn|Ant|Hypo cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last continue, go forward, proceedmove ahead; travel onward in time or space continue, go along, go on, keep, proceedcontinue a certain state, condition, or activity drop, knock off stop pursuing or acting leave offstop using sign offcease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations retire, withdrawwithdraw from active participation pull the plugprevent from happening or continuing close off, shut offstem the flow of cheeseused in the imperative (get away, or stop it) call it a day, call it quitsstop doing what one is doing breakgive up nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequidrop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records drop outwithdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values 2v come to or be at an end the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31 Ant|Hypo|Hyper continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed continue a certain state, condition, or activity bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, upholdkeep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last continuecontinue after an interruption fizzle, fizzle out, peter out, taper off end weakly leave offcome to an end, stop or cease expire, run outlose validity cease, end, finish, stop, terminate have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical 3v prevent completion Syn|Hypo|Hyper break, break off, stop fracture become fractured bog, bog downget stuck while doing something break up, cut off, disrupt, interruptmake a break in cut, cut offcease, stop punctuateinterrupt periodically breakinterrupt the flow of current in put aside, put awayturn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily break, intermit, pausecease an action temporarily barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put inbreak into a conversation burst in on, burst uponspring suddenly hecklechallenge aggressively come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw into insert between other elements block, jaminterfere with or prevent the reception of signals stop, stop overinterrupt a trip take off, take time offtake time off from work; stop working temporarily end, terminate bring to an end or halt |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。