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

• The owners of intellectual property have always possessed the legal right to demand that violators "cease and desist" publishing and distributing infringing works.
  知识产权所有者始终拥有要求侵权者“停止及终止”出版和发行侵权作品的法律权利。
• 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。
• 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。
• The soldiers have been ordered to desist from firing their guns.
  士兵们巳被令停止开火。
• 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。
• The teacher requested us to desist from discussion.
  老师要求我们停止讨论。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。