| 单词 | surcease |
| 释义 | surcease (once / 16103 pages) n Surcease is a fancy word for ending. If you want a movie to end, you long for its surcease. This word can be used as a noun or verb, but either way it means something is finished. If you surcease working, than you finished your homework for the day. Many people had when their sleep comes to a surcease in the morning. If a clumsy dentist is causing you pain, you might yell "Surcease! Surcease!" That just means "Stop it!" In life, everything surceases eventually. This is a word you’re likely to see in poetry and other formal writing. WORD FAMILYsurcease: surceases USAGE EXAMPLESThe territory’s legislature in St. Thomas unanimously declared that refugee peoples “shall find surcease from misfortune in the Virgin Islands of the United States.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 27, 2016) The broad report found no surcease of the climate trends that have led to widespread concern about the future. New York Times(Jul 11, 2012) In every library it is dog-eared, because it has in it some surcease for the secret ills of life. Bartlett, William Chauncey, A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed.(2012) n a stopping Syn|Hypo|Hyper cessation legal separation, separation (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) halt, stop the event of something ending |
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