cease

[si:s]

v.终止, 停止
n.停止

vi.

停止, 终止[(+from)]

The experiments have ceased.

试验已经停止。

vt.

停止, 结束[+to-v][+v-ing]

The general ordered his troops to cease fire.

那位将军命令他的军队停火。

The matter has ceased to be a mystery to anyone.

这件事对大家已不再是个谜了。

n.

停息[U]

词形变化

动词过去式: ceased | 动词过去分词: ceased | 动词现在分词: ceasing | 动词第三人称单数: ceases |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.停止, 终止

stop  end  quit  halt  discontinue  

同义参见:

lower  terminate  halt  expire  drop  pause  dissolve  desist  abort  abandon  finish  

反义:

vi.vt.停止, 结束

begin  continue  

英英释义

名词 cease:

(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

动词 cease:

put an end to a state or an activity

同义词：discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

同义词：end, stop, finish, terminate

短语词组

without cease

1. 不停地

We should work on without cease in order to finish the job on time.

我们应该不停地干, 才能按时完成工作。

补充

ceasecease英:[si:s] 美:[sis]vt. & vi.1.停止, 终止, 结束The storm has ceased.暴风雨停了。

例句

1. We were told the firm had ceased trading.我们被告知该公司已经停止营业。 2. Psion announced it was ceasing production of the hand-held organiser.Psion公司宣布要停止生产掌上电脑。 3. The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.阿拉斯加州周报《苔原时报》本周已经停刊。 4. The secrecy about the President's condition had ceased to matter.总统的健康状况保不保密已经不再重要了。 5. He never ceases to amaze me.他总能让我吃惊。 6. Hostilities must cease at once.敌对行动必须马上结束。 7. At one o'clock the rain had ceased.一点钟的时候雨已经停了。 8. The present system of reaping without sowing should cease immediately.目前这种不劳而获的制度应当立即废止。 9. Our factory has ceased producing bicycles.我们的工厂已不再生产自行车。 10. the hostilities had ceased and normal life was resumed.战争结束后，正常生活恢复了。 11. [with infinitive]on his retirement the job will cease to exist.他一退休，这一职务将不复存在。 12. they were asked to cease all military activity.他们被要求停止所有军事行动。 13. her exploits never cease to amaze me.她的壮举总是让我惊奇不已。 14. Fighting in the area has now ceased.该区的战斗现在已经停止。 15. That organization has ceased to exist.那个组织已不再存在。 16. The fighting along the border has temporarily ceased.边境战事已经暂停。 17. The conversation abruptly ceased. [=halted]对话突然中断。 18. The noise ceased [=stopped] altogether.吵闹声戛然而止。 19. when the weary cease from their labors [=when people who are very tired stop working]当疲惫的人们停止工作时 20. The company was ordered by the court to cease and desist from selling the photographs. [=was ordered to immediately stop selling the photographs]法院命令这家公司立即停止出售这些照片。 21. The factory ceased operations last year.工厂去年停产了。 22. The child would not cease his constant whining/complaining.这孩子不停地哼唧/抱怨。 23. The soldiers were ordered to cease fire. [=to stop shooting their weapons]士兵们接到停火命令。 24. The program would cease to exist without private funding.如果没有私人赞助，这个计划就不可能运行下去。 25. He had long ceased to have any regrets.他早已不再有任何遗憾了。 26. Her courage never ceases to amaze me. [=I am always amazed by her courage]她的勇气总让我十分惊诧。