Word · Frequency #2679
cease
停止;终止
核心释义
仅用于短语 without cease(不停地;持续地)
end; stopping (used only in the phrase 'without cease')
- 1.
结束
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
结束;停止
用法In use
The rain continued without cease for three days.
用法提示:此处'without cease'为固定短语,表示'不停地'。
She worked without cease to meet the deadline.
用法提示:'without cease'作状语,强调动作不间断。
The machine operated without cease throughout the night.
用法提示:'without cease'修饰动词operated,表示持续不断。
without cease
cease 作名词只出现在 without cease 这一固定短语中,在句中作状语,表示“不停地、无休止地”。
The rain fell without cease all night.
雨整夜下个不停。
常见错误Common mistakes
The rain went on without a cease.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- without cease
- 不停地;持续地
- The rain fell without cease throughout the night.雨整夜下个不停。
习语与比喻表达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。
近义词Synonyms
- end
- 终止;终结 · 较通用;without end 很常用,可替换 without cease,但 end 还可指时间或空间的末尾,不如 cease 专指“停下”。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明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。
发音与拼写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。
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.