单词	discontinuance
释义	discontinuedis‧con‧tin‧ue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE discontinue Simple Form Present I, you, we, they discontinue he, she, it discontinues Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they discontinued Present perfect I, you, we, they have discontinued he, she, it has discontinued Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had discontinued Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will discontinue Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have discontinued Continuous Form Present I am discontinuing he, she, it is discontinuing you, we, they are discontinuing Past I, he, she, it was discontinuing you, we, they were discontinuing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been discontinuing he, she, it has been discontinuing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been discontinuing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be discontinuing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been discontinuing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Doctors decided to discontinue the treatment when it became clear that the boy had no chance of recovering. If fewer than ten students sign up, the course will be discontinued. The airline plans to discontinue daily flights from L.A. to Osaka. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After two weeks I discontinued them after determining they were not significantly improving morale. And in the struggle to turn the company into a lean commercial outfit, some lines have been discontinued altogether. If it is not working in that time then the chart should be discontinued. In addition, one patient receiving cyclosporin was excluded because treatment was discontinued after only three months. Sandoz and CoCensys have mutually agreed to discontinue their agreement after its March expiration. Three years and $ 50 million later, the service was discontinued. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto end the use of a system, service, or organization► phase out to gradually end the use of a system, product, or service: phase out something: · Ministers agreed to phase out the old voting system within two years.· Older prisons will be phased out over the next few years.phase something out: · The committee acknowledged that these chemicals are highly dangerous, and agreed to phase them out gradually. ► discontinue to stop providing something that has been available or provided regularly over a period of time: · Doctors decided to discontinue the treatment when it became clear that the boy had no chance of recovering.· If fewer than ten students sign up, the course will be discontinued. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► treatment · Thirty patients had coexisting ulcerative colitis, including three who had previously undergone colectomy and one who discontinued treatment after three months.· In 1991, she discontinued treatment at Stewart.· If he were to discontinue treatment and merely make the child comfortable, the courts would not find him guilty of manslaughter. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivecontinualcontinued ≠ discontinuedcontinuous ≠ discontinuousnouncontinuation ≠ discontinuationcontinuity ≠ discontinuityadverbcontinuallycontinuouslyverbcontinue ≠ discontinue to stop doing, producing, or providing something:  Bus route 51 is being discontinued. a discontinued china pattern—discontinuation /ˌdɪskəntɪnjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]—discontinuance /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəns/ noun [uncountable]
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