世博单词日记【6】Cease 停止

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Cease

Definition： vi.& vt. [formal] to stop doing something or stop happening

定义: 停止；结束

Collocation搭配:

1.cease from
2. cease doing something
3. cease to do something
4. cease something

Examples 例句:

1. He ceased from thinking of the question this way. 他不再以这种方式考虑问题。
2. The old man ceased breathing (to breathe) the night before . 老人前一天晚上停止了呼吸。
3． The newspaper has ceased publication. 报纸已停刊。

【世博精解】

Cease多用于书面语，比较而言stop更常用些。Cease也可以作名词，但只用于短语“without cease”指“不停地”，比如：We worked without cease to get the project finished on time. （我们不停地生产以便按时完成计划）。另外，cease to exist（不再存在）和cease fire（停火）是两个最常见词组；名词ceasefire则表示停火或停战协议。