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 soldiers have been ordered to desist from firing their guns.
  士兵们巳被令停止开火。
• 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。
• In each instance, he dispatches a cease-and-desist letter.
  在每个案例中，他都会发出一份要求对方终止剽窃行为的信函。
• 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。
• Second, if he truly had a viable complaint then why didn't he file an immediate "cease and desist" order?
  其次，要是他真的有正当的理由的话，为什么他不签署一个立即执行的“停业和终止”的命令呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• She rubbed her arms, but they hurt and she desisted.
  她揉了揉胳膊，感觉很疼就停下了。
• They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.
  已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。
• 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。