desist

英 [d?'z?st; d?'s?st] 美[d?'z?st]
  • vi. 停止;斷念

暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數(shù):?desists;過(guò)去式:?desisted;過(guò)去分詞:?desisted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?desisting;

中文詞源


desist 停止

de-, 向下,離開(kāi)。-sist, 站立,詞源同stand, assist. 即站下來(lái),不再堅(jiān)持,停止。

英文詞源


desist
desist: see statue
desist (v.)
mid-15c., from Middle French désister (mid-14c.), from Latin desistere "to stand aside, leave off, cease," from de- "off" (see de-) + sistere "stop, come to a stand" (see assist). Related: Desisted; desisting.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. The magazine will desist from such language after receiving complaints.
雜志接到投訴之后將杜絕使用此類語(yǔ)言。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.
他們同意停止大規(guī)模轟炸。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. You had better desist.
你最好打消念頭吧.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. I asked him to desist from abusing me in private to newspaper editors.
我要求他停止私下向各報(bào)館編輯誹謗我.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. The judge told the man to desist from threatening his wife.
法官告誡那男子切莫再去威脅其妻.

來(lái)自辭典例句