desist
英 [dɪ'zɪst; dɪ'sɪst]
美 [dɪ'zɪst]
desist 停止de-, 向下，离开。-sist, 站立，词源同stand, assist. 即站下来，不再坚持，停止。
- 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.
- 1. The magazine will desist from such language after receiving complaints.
- 杂志接到投诉之后将杜绝使用此类语言。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.
- 他们同意停止大规模轰炸。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. You had better desist.
- 你最好打消念头吧.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. I asked him to desist from abusing me in private to newspaper editors.
- 我要求他停止私下向各报馆编辑诽谤我.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The judge told the man to desist from threatening his wife.
- 法官告诫那男子切莫再去威胁其妻.
来自辞典例句
