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

• 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？
• They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.
  他们同意停止大规模轰炸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.
  已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。
• 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。
• Therefore, please could you desist from showing any forwarders's name and address as consignees for any Saudi Arabian consignment.
  因此对于任何运往沙特阿拉伯的货物，请停止显示货运代理的名称和地址。
• 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。