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　　Cease

　　Definition：vi.& vt. [formal] to stop doing something or stop happening

　　定义:停止；结束

　　Collocation搭配:

　　1.cease from

　　2. cease doing something

　　3. cease to do something

　　4. cease something

　　Examples例句:

　　1. He ceased from thinking of the question this way.他不再以这种方式考虑问题。

　　2. The old man ceased breathing (to breathe) the night before .老人前一天晚上停止了呼吸。

　　3. The newspaper has ceased publication.报纸已停刊。

　　【世博精解】

　　Cease多用于书面语，比较而言stop更常用些。Cease也可以作名词，但只用于短语“without cease”指“不停地”，比如：We worked without cease to get the project finished on time. (我们不停地生产以便按时完成计划)。另外，cease to exist(不再存在)和cease fire(停火)是两个最常见词组；名词ceasefire则表示停火或停战协议。