desist

英 [dɪ'zɪst] 美 [dɪ'zɪst]

• v. 停止；中止；打消念头；忍住；克制

英英释义

Verb:

1. choose not to consume;

   "I abstain from alcohol"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. I wish he would desist from entertaining his friends.
   我希望他别再招待他的朋友了。
2. We have desisted our work.
   我们已经停止我们的工作了。
3. You ought to desist from such foolish activities.
   你们必须停止这种如此愚蠢的行动国。
4. He made several attempts to rise but was obliged to desist .
   他多次想站起来但不得不放弃了这个念头。

经典引文

• He'd had to desist from smashing things because of the noise.

  出自： M. Leitch

近反义词

【近义词】

• stop 停止
• cease 终止
• end 结束
• discontinue 中断
• halt 停止
• abandon 放弃
• quit 停止
• abstain 戒绝
• give up 放弃
• refrain 抑制