cease

英 [siːs] 美 [siːs]

• v. 终止；停止
• n. 停止

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 停止,终止,结束

   stop (especially an activity or state)

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 终止，停，停止，结束
2. 中止，中断
3. 消失，消隐
4. 消除，平息
5. 走到尽头

n. 名词

1. 停息，停止，终止

英英释义

Noun:

1. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

Verb:

1. put an end to a state or an activity;

   "Quit teasing your little brother"
   

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

   "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"
   "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"
   "My property ends by the bushes"
   "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He was going to cease working for them.
   他将不再为他们干活。
2. When can we cease from our labours?
   我们什么时候才能免除劳役之苦?
3. The old man ceased breathing the night before.
   老人前一天晚上停止了呼吸。
4. The newspaper had ceased publication.
   报纸已停刊。
5. As suddenly as it began, the rain ceased.
   雨突然而来，骤然而止。
6. When you cease to dream you cease to live.
   如果你停止了梦想,生命也就停止了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The storm has ceased.
   暴风雨停止了。
2. The rain has ceased.
   雨已经停了。
3. The firing had ceased.
   枪声停止了。
4. The hum of study ceased.
   嗡嗡的读书声停止了。
5. And gradually their talks ceased.
   慢慢地他们的谈话终止了。
6. Hostilities must cease at once.
   敌对行动必须立即停止。
7. His influence ceased with his death.
   他的影响已随着他的去世而消失了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Cease fire!
   停止开枪!
2. At last they have ceased work.
   最后他们停止工作了。
3. They threatened to cease financial support to the university.
   他们威胁要停止给这所大学经济援助。
4. Just two weeks later the magazine ceased publication.
   就在两周之后,该杂志就停刊了。
5. I don't think he will cease his efforts to enter the diplomatic service.
   我想他不会停止努力争取进入外交部门工作。

S+～+to- v

1. The dying man soon ceased to breathe.
   那个垂死的人不久停止了呼吸。
2. They heard that he had ceased to think so.
   他们听说他已经不这么想了。
3. He ceased to write at the age of sixty.
   他60岁停止了写作。
4. You are ceasing to be children.
   你们已经不再是孩子了。
5. The matter has ceased to be a mystery to anyone.
   这件事对大家来说已不再是个谜了。

S+～+ v -ing

1. We ceased pretending.
   我们不再装模作样。
2. His eyes never ceased rolling at the little girl.
   他的眼睛始终在那小姑娘身上打转。
3. The factory has ceased making bicycles.
   这家工厂已停止生产自行车。
4. When he heard the knock, he ceased writing.
   当他听到敲门声,就停下来不写了。
5. She never ceased regretting her decision.
   她一直遗憾她的决定。
6. It has ceased snowing.
   雪渐渐停了。

经典引文

• Oh, cease! must hate and death return? Cease! Must men kill and die?

  出自： Shelley

• Fold our wings, And cease from wanderings.

  出自： Tennyson

• At five-thirty the world ceased to be official and became private.

  出自： G. Vidal

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

cease from (v.+prep.)

停止做(某事) stop doing (sth)
cease from sth/v-ing
She ceased from anger.

她已息怒。
When can the people cease from their labours?

人们什么时候才能停止他们的辛苦劳作呢?
He ceased from teaching.

他结束了教书生涯。
I cannot cease from thinking.

我不能不思考。
They were often advised to cease from cheating their parents.

人们劝他们别再欺骗他们的父母了。

cease out (v.+adv.)

绝迹 die out; be extinct
cease out
This disease has ceased out.

这种疾病已绝迹。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• cease one's activities 停止活动
• cease one's attack 停止进攻
• cease conflicts 停止冲突
• cease crying 停止哭泣
• cease disputing 停止争论
• cease fire 停火,停止射击
• cease one's hostilities 停止敌对行动
• cease operations 停止业务
• cease payment 停止支付
• cease pretending 不再装腔作势
• cease production 停止生产
• cease one's provocation 停止挑衅
• cease raining 停止下雨

～+副词

• cease abruptly〔suddenly〕 突然停止
• cease entirely 彻底结束
• cease eventually 最终停止
• cease immediately〔presently〕 立即停止
• cease prematurely 提前停止
• cease temporarily 暂时停止
• cease out 绝迹

～+介词

• cease from anger 息怒
• cease from quarrelling 不再吵架
• cease from strife 停止冲突
• cease with the September number 从九月号停止

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. cease的基本意思是“(使)停止”,主要指原有的事物不复存在,或状态、活动的逐渐停止。用于比喻可指“消亡，死亡”。
2. cease可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词,也可接动词不定式或动名词；cease用作不及物动词时后面常接介词from,表示“停止(做)某事”,句子的主语为人。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

cease doing, cease to do

• 两者在意思上没有明显区别,只是:
• 1.cease后接动名词比接不定式常见。
• 2.表示有意识的行为多用cease doing; 而表示无意识的行为则多用cease to do。
• 3.如指具体的动作多用cease doing; 表示经常性的行为时常用cease to do。

cease, discontinue, halt, stop

• 这组词都可表示“中断”“停止”。其区别在于:
• 1.在指某种状态或活动的结束时, stop和cease可以互换。
• 2.stop是这几个词当中概念最广泛,使用最多、最普通的词。cease的概念较窄,语气较严肃,是正式用语。discontinue也是正式用语。
• 3.stop既可指运动或行为的迅速中断,又可指某种状态或活动的结束；cease主要指某种状态或活动的结束或不复存在；discontinue则指长期存在着的习惯或习惯性的活动中止了；halt指骤然有力地终止。

cease, pause, stop

• 这组词都有“停止”的意思。其区别在于：
• 1.pause多指片刻的停顿或“暂停”。
• 2.stop是普通用词,既可指动作、行为的迅速中断,也可指某种状态的结束。例如:
• They stopped for a brief rest.他们停下来休息片刻。
• He began to speak but suddenly stopped.他开始讲话,但又突然停住了。
• Seeing that I was coming, they stopped talking.看见我来了,他们停止了谈话。
• She could not stop the child crying.她止不住孩子的哭声。
• 3.cease属正式用语,多表示某种状态的结束,不用来表示动作、行为的突然中断。例如:
• The storm has ceased.暴风雨停止了。
• His influence ceased with his death.他的影响已随着他去世而消失了。
• He ceased from teaching.他结束了教书生涯。
• At last they have ceased work.最后他们停止工作了。

break，rest，pause，interval，recess，cease，stop，end

• 这些名词均含有“中止，停止，休息”之意。
• break非正式用词，指突然的或短时间的中止，如工作或活动期间短暂休息。
• rest指统称的休息。
• pause指短暂的中断或停止，含再进行下去的意味。
• interval指一出戏在幕与幕之间，音乐会上下串场之间或演出中预先安排的休息；也可泛指事件之间的一段时间。
• recess正式用词，指业务活动或工作中短暂的或长时间的休息。
• cease正式用词，侧重逐渐结束某活动或状态，含永远结束的意味。
• stop普通用词，指迅速或突然中止某行为、活动或状态。
• end多指“自然的结束”。

cease，pause，stop，halt，quit，end

• 这些动词均含有“停止”之意。
• cease指逐渐、徐徐中止某种状态的存在。书面用词。
• pause指暂时的、瞬间的停顿，隐含有再进行之意。
• stop指动作、运行、进展等被停下来，含突然、断然的意味。
• halt侧重突然地、决定性地终止、停止某一活动。
• quit指最终彻底停止某事，有时暗示遭到失败或面临挫折。
• end多指“自然的结束”。如：

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的cesser；最初源自古典拉丁语的cessare，意为停止，慢慢走。

近反义词

【近义词】

• end
• stop

【反义词】

• begin
• start