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cease
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🇺🇸 /sˈis/
🇬🇧 /siːs/
主要是正式用语中的动词,表示停止、终止某个动作或状态;另可作少见的姓氏,名词用法已过时。
💡 记忆钩子
把某件事想成一条正在流动的线:线停下来,就是“停止”;正在做的动作停下来,就是“停止做某事”;若事物本身不再继续,便是“消逝”。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握动词的两个常用用法,再认识名词和姓氏用法;不要把它当作日常口语中最普通的“停”,它通常带有正式色彩。
📖 中文释义
name
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rare 姓氏📖 这是一个英语姓氏,可能源自德语姓氏的美国化形式,与动词“停止”的意思没有直接关系。💡 用于人名结构中,通常放在名字之后,表示姓氏。不要把它按普通动词或普通名词来翻译。
Ceases
plural
noun
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rare 停止;终止📖 指某件事停止、终止或不再存在,是动词“停止”所对应的名词概念,但这种用法已经过时。💡 它主要出现在古旧或历史文本中,现代写作和会话中不宜仿用。不要把普通的“停止”都译成这个名词,通常应改用更常见的表达。obsolete
verb
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core 停止;终止📖 表示某个动作、活动或状态停下来,就像原本持续的线突然断了。主语通常是正在发生的事情,也可以是人或其他主体。💡 常用句型是“某事 cease”或“某人/某物 cease”,后面不直接接另一个动作。它通常描述过程或状态的终止,语气正式;日常对话中更常用“停止”一类的普通说法。formal intransitiveThe rain finally ceased before dawn.黎明前,雨终于停了。The machine ceased to operate without warning.机器毫无征兆地停止运转了。
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common 停止做某事📖 表示某人或某个主体不再继续做某件事,即让正在进行的动作停下来。💡 常用句型是“cease + 动名词”,也可用“cease + to do”表示停止转而不再做某事。不要在 cease 后随意接普通名词来表达“停止某事”;若要强调使某事停止,需根据句意使用合适的及物结构。formal transitiveThe company ceased producing the old model last year.那家公司去年停止生产旧型号。
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rare 不再存在;消逝📖 表示某物不再继续存在,最终消失或逝去,是“停止”这一核心意思延伸到存在本身的用法。💡 这种用法多见于古旧、文学或固定的正式表达中,现代英语里通常会换用更直接的词。不要把它当作日常语境中表示“缺少”的普通动词。intransitive obsolete
ceases
present,singular,third-person
ceasing
participle,present
ceased
participle,past
ceased
past
cease
first-person,present,singular
ceased
first-person,past,singular
cease
present,second-person,singular
ceasest
archaic,present,second-person,singular
ceased
past,second-person,singular
ceasedst
archaic,past,second-person,singular
ceaseth
archaic,present,singular,third-person
ceased
past,singular,third-person
cease
plural,present
ceased
past,plural
cease
present,subjunctive
ceased
past,subjunctive
cease
imperative,present
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imperative,past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 3 组
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; ; ;
同义词集:
end
stop
finish
terminate
cease
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
反义: begin, start
下位: adjourn, break, break up, climax, close, conclude, culminate, disappear, discontinue, go, go away, lapse, recess, run low, run short, vanish
put an end to a state or an activity
同义词集:
discontinue
stop
cease
give up
quit
lay off
Quit teasing your little brother
反义: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
下位: break, cheese, drop, knock off, retire, withdraw
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
同义词集:
cease
上位: end, ending
🌳 词源
动词和名词来自中古英语,源自古法语,最终与拉丁语中“停止、离开”有关。作为姓氏时,可能是德语姓氏 Zies 的美国化形式。
Latin cēdō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin cessōder.
Middle French cesserbor.
Middle English cesen
English cease
From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.
🔄 变式
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imperat
ceased
1st_sg
ceasedst
archaic
Ceases
plural
ceasest
archaic
ceaseth
archaic
ceasing
present
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