cease /siːs/ CET4 TEM4 ( ceasing, ceased, ceases )

• 1. 

  V-I If something ceases, it stops happening or existing. 停止 [正式]

  例：

  At one o'clock the rain had ceased.

  一点钟时雨已经停了。

• 2. 

  V-T If you cease to do something, you stop doing it. 停止; 不再 (做某事) [正式]

  例：

  He never ceases to amaze me.

  他总让我惊喜不断。

  例：

  The secrecy about the president's condition had ceased to matter.

  有关总统健康状况的秘密已经不再举足轻重了。

• 3. 

  V-T If you cease something, you stop it happening or working. 停止 [正式]

  例：

  The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.

  阿拉斯加的周报——《苔原时报》于本周停刊。