desist
英 [dɪˈsɪst]
美 [dɪˈsɪst]
- vi. 停止；断念
星级词汇:
记忆方法
将“desist”分解为“de-”和“sist”，记住“de-”表示否定或移除，“sist”与“sit”谐音，想象有人从座位上站起来（sit到stand），表示停止或不再进行某个动作。这种方法帮助记忆“desist”表示停止或放弃的意思。
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中文词源
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。
英语词源
- desist
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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.
权威例句
- 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。
- 2. They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.
- 他们同意停止大规模轰炸。
- 3. You had better desist.
- 你最好打消念头吧.
- 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.
- 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.