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

• If people knew how much I hated that, they would desist.
  如果人们知道我多么讨厌这种套话，他们就不会这么写了。
• They ought to desist from such foolish activities.
  他们应该停止这类愚蠢的活动。
• Seeing the boss coming, they desist from gossiping.
  见老板来了，他们停止了闲谈。
• The soldiers have been ordered to desist from firing their guns.
  士兵们巳被令停止开火。
• AoW Ltd had in effect been shut down after several US states issued "cease and desist" orders, demanding a halt to unlawful activities, and the investors 'misdirected monies did not stay in the UK account for long.
  美国几个州签发停业令，要求AoWLtd停止非法活动后，AoWLtd实际上已关门，并且这些投资人被打错账户的钱，没有在英国的户头上停留多长时间。
• They were requested to desist from carrying out further experiments.
  有人要求他们停止进一步的试验。
• 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。
• If we ask a man who is exploiting a commons to desist "in the name of conscience," what are we saying to him?
  当我们要求滥用公地的人们，「因良知之名」而停止，可以对他说什么呢？
• I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.
  我一生一直为了令自己喜欢英格兰人而努力，但我不得不在绝望中放弃这一项实验。
• 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。