英语词汇“cease”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To cease is to stop or end. Your gym teacher may have trained the class so well that all chattering will cease every time she blows her whistle.

Cease comes from the Old French cesser, which means "come to an end," "go away," "give up," or "yield." Although cease often appears in the past tense with "-ed," cease is common for talking about things as they come to an end. A dead plant has ceased living, and if you cease watering the rest of the plants, they will cease to exist too.

WORD FAMILY

cease: ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing, cessation+/ceaseless: ceaselessly, ceaselessness/ceasing: unceasing/cessation: cessations/unceasing: unceasingly

USAGE EXAMPLES

Osborne said it ceased being an active church in the 1950s.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

While barn switches are common, it is remarkable for an owner to cease operations with the most accomplished trainer of his era.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017)

Bombardments ceased before that time - although some clashes continued - but began again late on Sunday.

Reuters(Jan 01, 2017)

1v put an end to a state or an activity

Syn|Ant|Hypo

discontinue, 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, proceed

move ahead; travel onward in time or space

continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed

continue a certain state, condition, or activity

drop, knock off

stop pursuing or acting

leave off

stop using

sign off

cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations

retire, withdraw

withdraw from active participation

pull the plug

prevent from happening or continuing

close off, shut off

stem the flow of

cheese

used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)

call it a day, call it quits

stop doing what one is doing

break

give up

nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi

drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records

drop out

withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values

2v have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Syn|Ant|Hypo

end, finish, stop, terminate

begin, start

have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

begin, start

have a beginning characterized in some specified way

begin

have a beginning, of a temporal event

pass away

go out of existence

lapse

end, at least for a long time

cut out

cease operating

go out

become extinguished

adjourn, break up, recess

close at the end of a session

disappear, vanish

cease to exist

climax, culminate

end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

run out

become used up; be exhausted

go, run low, run short

to be spent or finished

disappear, go away, vanish

become invisible or unnoticeable

close, conclude

come to a close

come out, turn out

result or end

discontinue

come to or be at an end

break

come to an end

dematerialise, dematerialize

become immaterial; disappear

crown, top

be the culminating event

clear

go away or disappear

bob under

disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water

eventuate

come out in the end

work out

happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well

fizzle, fizzle out, peter out, taper off

end weakly

leave off

come to an end, stop or cease

expire, run out

lose validity

3n (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

Hyper

end, ending

the point in time at which something ends

单词	cease
释义	cease (once / 64 pages) vn To cease is to stop or end. Your gym teacher may have trained the class so well that all chattering will cease every time she blows her whistle. Cease comes from the Old French cesser, which means "come to an end," "go away," "give up," or "yield." Although cease often appears in the past tense with "-ed," cease is common for talking about things as they come to an end. A dead plant has ceased living, and if you cease watering the rest of the plants, they will cease to exist too. WORD FAMILY cease: ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing, cessation+/ceaseless: ceaselessly, ceaselessness/ceasing: unceasing/cessation: cessations/unceasing: unceasingly USAGE EXAMPLES Osborne said it ceased being an active church in the 1950s. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) While barn switches are common, it is remarkable for an owner to cease operations with the most accomplished trainer of his era. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Bombardments ceased before that time - although some clashes continued - but began again late on Sunday. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) 1v put an end to a state or an activity Syn\|Ant\|Hypo discontinue, 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, proceed move ahead; travel onward in time or space continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed continue a certain state, condition, or activity drop, knock off stop pursuing or acting leave off stop using sign off cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations retire, withdraw withdraw from active participation pull the plug prevent from happening or continuing close off, shut off stem the flow of cheese used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) call it a day, call it quits stop doing what one is doing break give up nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records drop out withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values 2v have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical Syn\|Ant\|Hypo end, finish, stop, terminate begin, start have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense begin, start have a beginning characterized in some specified way begin have a beginning, of a temporal event pass away go out of existence lapse end, at least for a long time cut out cease operating go out become extinguished adjourn, break up, recess close at the end of a session disappear, vanish cease to exist climax, culminate end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage run out become used up; be exhausted go, run low, run short to be spent or finished disappear, go away, vanish become invisible or unnoticeable close, conclude come to a close come out, turn out result or end discontinue come to or be at an end break come to an end dematerialise, dematerialize become immaterial; disappear crown, top be the culminating event clear go away or disappear bob under disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water eventuate come out in the end work out happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well fizzle, fizzle out, peter out, taper off end weakly leave off come to an end, stop or cease expire, run out lose validity 3n (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end Hyper end, ending the point in time at which something ends
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