cease-fire

英 [faɪr]      美 [faɪr]
  • n. 停火
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cease-fire (n.)
also ceasefire, "a cessation of shooting," 1916, from verbal phrase cease fire, 1847 as a military command (formerly also signaled by bugles), from cease (v.) + fire (n.) in the gunnery sense. Generally two words until after mid-20c.
1. It hurt so badly he wished to cease to be.
他觉得疼痛难忍,恨不得死了算了。
2. Once our services cease to be useful to them, we're expendable.
一旦我们的服务对他们不再有用,我们就可能被抛弃。
3. Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
一旦就业,即停发福利救济。
4. The arms race among the superpowers is being stepped up without cease.
超级大国之间正在加紧军备竞争.
5. Once people retire they automatically cease to be union members.
人们一旦退休就自动不再是工会会员.

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