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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Seeing the boss coming, they desist from gossiping.
  见老板来了，他们停止了闲谈。
• That's a federal cease and desist order.
  这是给你们的接管令。
• Kindly desist from treating the disabled so coldly.
  请不要再这样冷淡对待残疾人士了。
• I wish my little brother would desist from playing network games all day, otherwise he would have to discontinue his studies.
  但愿我的弟弟别再整天玩网络游戏了，否则，他将无法完成学业。
• She rubbed her arms, but they hurt and she desisted.
  她揉了揉胳膊，感觉很疼就停下了。
• 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。
• They have been told that their protest has no chance of being successful, but they refuse to desist.
  他们已被告知抗议不可能成功，但他们拒绝罢手。