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 wish he would desist from entertaining his friends.
  我希望他别再招待他的朋友了。
• They were requested to desist from carrying out further experiments.
  有人要求他们停止进一步的试验。
• 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。
• She rubbed her arms, but they hurt and she desisted.
  她揉了揉胳膊，感觉很疼就停下了。
• 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 teacher requested us to desist from discussion.
  老师要求我们停止讨论。
• Seeing the boss coming, they desist from gossiping.
  见老板来了，他们停止了闲谈。
• They ought to desist from such foolish activities.
  他们应该停止这类愚蠢的活动。
• 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。
• 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。