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(lèi)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