"cease" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 停止
• 終止

Definition

指某事停止發生，或某人停止做某事。這個詞常用於較正式的語境，表示某事完全結束。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

它比 'stop' 更正式。常見搭配有 'cease operations'、'cease to exist'、'cease doing something'。在日常口語中，人們通常更常用 'stop'。'Ceasefire' 是相關名詞，在戰爭語境中有特定含義。

Examples

The rain ceased after lunch.

午飯後雨**停了**。

The factory will cease production next month.

這家工廠將於下個月**停止**生產。

That animal has ceased to exist.

那種動物已經**不再**存在了。

The calls finally ceased around midnight.

電話終於在午夜前後**停止了**。

If they don't cease complaining, I'm leaving.

如果他們還不**停止**抱怨，我就走了。

Once the noise ceased, we could hear the ocean again.

噪音一**停止**，我們就又能聽見海浪聲了。