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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
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停止；终止；结束
to stop happening or to stop something from happening; to come to an end
The company has ceased to trade.
这家公司已经停止交易。
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
cease
Base
原形
ceases
3rd person
第三人称单数
ceasing
-ing
现在分词
ceased
Past
过去式
ceased
Past participle
过去分词
The rain ceases at noon.
雨在中午停止。
The noise ceased suddenly.
噪音突然停止了。
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。
The rain ceased, and the sun came out.
雨停了，太阳出来了。
Please cease making that noise immediately.
请立即停止制造那种噪音。
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。
Not this
The rain didn't come to a cease.
Use this
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。
Not this
He ceased the car suddenly.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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The company ceased production of the outdated model.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。
Use ceasing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
通过'ceasefire（停火）'记住cease意为'停止'。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式、法律、书面 多用于正式或书面语境，比较常见于法律、文学等场合。
All listed words rhyme with /iːs/. Note 'please' (/pliːz/) looks similar but has a different final consonant.
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