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Cease Stop Happening Siːs Ceased Sth  The Verb

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.

Cease 是一个动词,表示停止、终了或消失。它可以指某事停止发生或存在,也可以表示主语停止做某事,或者使某事停止发生或工作。

word cease
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/si͟ːs/
1
[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。

2
[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 ; NAmE siːs / 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
cessation
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cease / siːs ; NAmE siːs /
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cease1 verb
cease2 noun
ceasecease1 /siːs/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [intransitive, transitive]
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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
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without cease formal without stopping
WDF

cease

[si:s]ceased, ceasing, ceases

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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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