cease: [14] Cease comes via Old French cesser from Latin cessāre ‘delay, stop’. This was derived from cessus, the past participle of cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’, which was also the basis of cessation [14], from Latin cessātiō. => cessation
cease (v.)
c. 1300, cesen, from Old French cesser "to come to an end, stop, cease; give up, desist," from Latin cessare "to cease, go slow, give over, leave off, be idle," frequentative of cedere (past participle cessus) "go away, withdraw, yield" (see cede). Related: Ceased; ceasing. Old English in this sense had geswican, blinnan.
cease (n.)
"cessation, stopping," c. 1300, from cease (n.) or else from Old French cesse "cease, cessation," from cesser.
双语例句
1. It hurt so badly he wished to cease to be.
他觉得疼痛难忍,恨不得死了算了。
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2. Once our services cease to be useful to them, we're expendable.
一旦我们的服务对他们不再有用,我们就可能被抛弃。
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3. Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day cease-fire.
在停火两天后,今天那里爆发了激烈的战斗。
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4. The plan calls for a cease-fire and UN supervision of the country.
该计划要求双方停火并由联合国对该国进行监督。
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5. UN officials are expressing cautious optimism that the latest cease-fire is holding.