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desist

/dih-sist, -zist/US // dɪˈsɪst, -ˈzɪst //UK // (dɪˈzɪst) //

停止,终止,住手,停止使用

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.

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Examples

  • Last month, Randle issued a cease-and-desist letter demanding the commission stop using her name or likeness to promote the official commemoration.

  • In late April, the city issued a cease-and-desist notice to JOCO, which the company ignored.

  • The team has served 32 cease-and-desist orders in Carlsbad since December, Reyes said.

  • He said that when he told her to desist, she threatened to hit herself and then tell the cops that he had done it.

  • Then there are the cases where the FEC does issue a cease and desist directive—only to be completely ignored.

  • It is a place where cease-and-desist letters are hung on the wall with pride.

  • It is not your duty to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it.

  • I hereby call on all Republicans involved in any voter suppression efforts to cease and desist immediately.

  • The Jews flocked from all parts to assist in the work; but the combined forces were obliged to desist from the attempt.

  • She even threatens to strike the bell, when the Count de Carojac appears, and warns his rival to desist.

  • But Warren begged him to desist, confident as he was that any further attempt would result in ill to them.

  • And Friedrich did desist, in that direction, poor youth; but tried it the more in others.

  • But these clowns would not desist; they even added jeers and threats of violence if she did not leave the place.