Cease is a verb meaning to stop, end, or disappear. It can refer to something stopping happening or existing, or to a subject stopping doing something, or causing something to stop happening or working.
[VERB 动词]停止;终了;消失 If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
[V]
[FORMAL 正式]
At one o'clock the rain had ceased.
一点时,雨已停了。
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[VERB 动词]停止;终止 If you cease to do something, you stop doing it.
[V to-inf]
[V -ing]
[FORMAL 正式]
He never ceases to amaze me...
他总能给我惊喜。
The secrecy about the President's condition had ceased to matter...
总统的健康状况已经没有保密的必要。
A small number of firms have ceased trading.
一小部分公司已经停止贸易。
3
[VERB 动词]停止;终止 If you cease something, you stop it happening or working.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.
阿拉斯加的周报《苔原时报》本周停刊了。
Oxford
cease★AWL/siːs; NAmEsiːs/verb[intransitive , transitive ]( formal) to stop happening or existing; to stop sth from happening or existing (使)停止,终止,结束◆Welfare payments cease as soon as an inspanidual starts a job.一旦就业,即停发福利救济。ceaseto do sth ◆You never cease to amaze me!你总能让我感到惊奇!ceasesth ◆They voted to cease strike action immediately.他们投票决定立即停止罢工。◆He ordered his men to cease fire (= stop shooting).他命令手下停止射击。ceasedoing sth ◆The company ceased trading in June.这家公司已于六月停业。☞see also
1formal to stop doing something or stop happeningcease to do something He ceased to be a member of the association. The things people will do for charity never cease to amaze me (=I am always surprised by them).cease doing something the decision to cease using CFCs in packaging The rain ceased and the sky cleared.cease trading/production/operations etc (=stop operating a business) The company ceased production at their Norwich plant last year.cease fire! (=used to order soldiers to stop shooting)► see thesaurus at
stop
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually use stop rather than cease:· They have stopped using CFCs in packaging.· The rain stopped just as the fireworks began.2cease and desist law to stop doing something →
ceasefire
, → wonders will never cease
at wonder2(5)
cease1 verb
cease2 noun
ceasecease2 noun
Examples
Collocations
Word family
without cease formal without stopping
WDF
cease
[si:s]ceased, ceasing, ceases
CET4CET6TEM4考研TOEFLIELTS
v4511
6077
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1769
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790
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VERB4958
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Spoken:
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ceased[1719] ceases[921]
停止(88%),终止(12%)
n.停止
vi.停止;终了
vt.停止;结束
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