| 单词 | desist |
| 释义 | desist (once / 1507 pages) v You can use the verb desist as a way to say "stop" or "cease." Instead of yelling "Cut it out!" the new neighbor asked the tween girls to desist from playing any more loud, screeching music from that long-haired boy-band. If you want to insist that someone stop doing something, the word desist is a solid choice. It's often used as part of a legal order called a "cease and desist," which forces an action to come to a halt. "Cease" is a synonym for desist, so using the two together says "stop it!" loud and clear — and kind of redundantly. "If she will desist from camping on the lawn in front of the star's Hollywood home, she won’t be arrested." WORD FAMILYdesist: desisted, desisting, desists USAGE EXAMPLESOfficers also issued a "cease and desist" notice on 3 December to a 38-year-old man from Fife, Scotland. BBC(Dec 07, 2016) “I hope the court tells them to cease and desist and start doing their jobs.” Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) And it has desisted from asking questions about the links between these groups and those who continue to hit targets in Pakistan. BBC(Nov 22, 2016) v choose not to consume Syn|Ant|Hypo abstain, refrain consume, have, ingest, take, take in serve oneself to, or consume regularly fast abstain from eating fastabstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons avoid, keep offrefrain from certain foods or beverages teetotalpractice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages dieteat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight dietfollow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons |
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