Word · Frequency #2679
cease
/siːs/
noun
停止；终止
end; stopping (used only in the phrase 'without cease')
仅用于短语 without cease（不停地；持续地）
- 1.
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
结束
结束；停止
In use
The rain continued without cease for three days.
She worked without cease to meet the deadline.
The machine operated without cease throughout the night.
Connections
Collocations
- without cease
- 不停地；持续地
- The rain fell without cease throughout the night.雨整夜下个不停。
Idioms & figurative uses
- without cease
- 不停地，持续地The rain continued without cease throughout the night.整夜雨下个不停。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象跑道终点立着写有 CEASE 的牌子，见到就停；without cease 就是没这块牌子，始终不结束。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal written English、literary texts cease 作名词时只用于短语 without cease，意为“不停地；不断地”。这个短语比较正式，多用于书面语或文学作品中，日常口语很少见，通常可用 without stopping 或 continuously 代替。
Grammar Note
作为名词仅用于短语 without cease；作为动词可接名词、不定式或动名词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 cease /siːs/ 押韵：peace、piece、fleece、Greece、lease、niece 都以 /iːs/ 结尾。注意形近词 case /keɪs/ 发音不同，不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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