cease to do sth
The company has ceased to trade.
这家公司已经停止交易。
停止；终止；结束
ceasing — present participle of cease
结束某种状态或活动；结束,终止；终了
to stop happening or to stop something from happening; to come to an end
结束某种状态或活动
put an end to a state or an activity
结束,终止
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
一般现在时
The rain ceases at noon.
雨在中午停止。
一般过去时
The noise ceased suddenly.
噪音突然停止了。
现在完成时
They have ceased all operations.
他们已经停止了所有操作。
停止，终止
The company ceased operations in 2020.
该公司于2020年停止运营。
用法提示：cease作动词，表示停止；此处用过去式ceased，后接名词operations。
The rain ceased, and the sun came out.
雨停了，太阳出来了。
用法提示：cease作动词，表示结束；此处用过去式ceased，单独使用表示自然现象停止。
Please cease making that noise immediately.
请立即停止制造那种噪音。
用法提示：cease作动词，表示停止；此处用祈使句，后接动名词短语making that noise。
The company has ceased to trade.
这家公司已经停止交易。
They ceased fighting for a while.
他们停止打斗了一会儿。
仅用于固定词组 without cease。
The rain fell without cease.
雨不停地下。
最通用，与cease可互换，但stop更口语化
更正式，常用于生产、供应等持续性活动
强调突然性，常指活动或进程的临时停止
强调彻底终结，与cease同义但更侧重结果
非常正式，常用于合同、法律或程序性语境
grammar · medium
易错句子The rain didn't come to a cease.
正确表达The rain didn't come to a stop.
Cease作为名词仅用于短语without cease，此处应使用stop或cessation。
grammar · medium
易错句子He ceased the car suddenly.
正确表达He stopped the car suddenly.
Cease指停止过程或状态，不用于具体的物理动作；停止车辆应用stop。
cease 多用于正式、书面语境，常指永久或彻底停止；stop 更通用，可指暂时或永久停止。
停火
The two sides agreed to cease fire at midnight.
双方同意在午夜停火。
不复存在
The old building ceased to exist after the earthquake.
那座老建筑在地震后不复存在了。
停止运营
The factory will cease operations next month.
这家工厂下个月将停止运营。
停止生产
The company ceased production of the outdated model.
该公司停止生产过时的型号。
停止并终止
The court ordered them to cease and desist from selling counterfeit goods.
法院责令他们停止并终止销售假冒商品。
总是令人惊叹
Her talent never ceases to amaze me.
她的才华总是令我惊叹。
停止并终止（法律术语，指要求停止某种行为）
The company received a cease and desist letter from the patent holder.
该公司收到了专利持有人的停止并终止信函。
不复存在
Many small businesses ceased to exist during the recession.
许多小企业在经济衰退期间不复存在。
不停地，不间断地
The rain fell without cease for three days.
雨不停地下了三天。
出自电影《指环王：王者归来》，阿拉贡对索伦之口说出的台词，意为停止疯狂行为。
The teacher told the students to cease their disruptive behavior.
老师让学生们停止扰乱行为。
这句话常被归于哲学家托马斯·卡莱尔，并在电影《洛奇》中被引用，鼓励人们坚持奋斗。
The company will cease operations next month.
这家公司下个月将停止运营。
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