desist

英 [dɪˈzɪst]

美 [dɪˈzɪst]

v.  停止; 结束

过去式：desisted　第三人称单数：desists　现在分词：desisting　过去分词：desisted　

BNC.19558 / COCA.21651

牛津词典

verb

• 停止；结束
  to stop doing sth
  1. They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.
     他们同意停止大规模轰炸。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 停止（做）；不再（做）
  If youdesist fromdoing something, you stop doing it.
  1. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America...
     福特从未停止过劝说他返回美国。
  2. The magazine will desist from such language after receiving complaints...
     杂志接到投诉之后将杜绝使用此类语言。
  3. She rubbed her arms, but they hurt and she desisted.
     她揉了揉胳膊，感觉很疼就停下了。

英英释义

verb

• choose not to consume
  1. I abstain from alcohol
  Synonym:abstainrefrain

双语例句

• Please treat this as my final demand for you to cease and desist perpetrating any conduct of a threatening nature upon me.
  请你停止对我实施任何意在威胁的行为，这是我对你最后的请求。
• The judge told the man to desist from threatening his wife.
  法官告诫那男子切莫再去威胁其妻。
• They ought to desist from such foolish activities.
  他们应该停止这类愚蠢的活动。
• In each instance, he dispatches a cease-and-desist letter.
  在每个案例中，他都会发出一份要求对方终止剽窃行为的信函。
• The teacher requested us to desist from discussion.
  老师要求我们停止讨论。
• We will not countenance North Koreas pattern of provoking a crisis and then insisting they be rewarded in order to cease and desist from the actions they are taking.
  我们不会纵容北韩的一贯行径，他们总是先挑起危机，然后非要索取回报才会罢休和停止他们的所作所为。
• I wish he would desist from entertaining his friends.
  我希望他别再招待他的朋友了。
• Tell your representatives to CEASE and DESIST with the permitting the transfer of dual-use technologies and manufacturing techniques to China in return for short-term profits.
  告诉你们的议员不能为了短期的利益而向中国转让军民两用技术和生产工艺。
• They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.
  他们同意停止大规模轰炸。
• I asked him to desist from abusing me in private to newspaper editors.
  我要求他不再在私下向报馆编辑毁谤我。