词为我用 - cessation

词汇释义

cessationUK  /sesˈeɪ.ʃən/ US  /sesˈeɪ.ʃən/TEM8  GRE

noun, The cessation of something is the stopping of it.停止，终止

外刊例句

1. Speaking in Cairo, he said: "As I move to Syria, we will do whatever we can to urge and press for a cessation of hostilities and end to the killing and violence.(The Guardian)

2. The members of the Security Council called for an immediate cessation of hostilities," Rwandan UN Ambassador Eugene Gasana told reporters after an emergency meeting of the 15-member council.(The Guardian)

3. Kerry will seek "an immediate cessation of hostilities based on a return to the November 2012 ceasefire agreement," the White House said, stressing the need to protect civilian life both "in Gaza and in Israe.(The Guardian)

4. For most people, a high risk of dying in the next five years can be reduced by increased physical activity, smoking cessation, and a healthy diet".(The Guardian)

5. There are people old enough to have set up homes, had children and lost marriages, who don't remember the war because they were young teenagers in 1994 when the IRA called that first cessation of hostilities.(The Guardian - Opinion)

6. Abrupt cessation of alcohol use leads to brain hyperexcitability due to the sudden "release" effect on receptors which had been inhibited by the alcohol.(The Guardian)

7. "We call upon Eta to make a public declaration of the definitive cessation of all armed action," the group added in a statement read out by Ahern in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain.(The Guardian)

8. The resolution says "the first step in the cessation of violence has to be made by the Syrian authorities".(The Guardian)

9. "The Cairo talks were based on an agreed premise of a total cessation of hostilities," said the Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev.(The Guardian)

10. The White House later said Obama and Cameron were calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and pressing for action that would lead to a permanent ceasefire.(The Guardian)

11. Given the success of the previous process, including the clandestine talks between McGuinness and MI5 operatives in Derry, the rather simplistic conclusion is drawn that talks will once more yield similar results: a total cessation of violence.(The Guardian)

12. Expect then post-February to hear lots of talk from Fianna Fáil about the "national interest" and "putting the country first" as they declare a cessation of hostilities in the Dáil and let the Fine Gael leader, and whatever coalition he can form, sort out the mess the Irish public blames this dying administration for.(The Guardian)

13. We demand complete freedom of expression, assembly and demonstration, as well as the cessation of attempts to censor the internet.(The Guardian - Opinion)

词汇搭配

immediate, abrupt, total cessation

declare, demand cessation

词汇来源

mid-15c., cessacyoun "interruption, a ceasing; abdication," from Latin cessationem (nominative cessatio) "a delaying, ceasing, tarrying," noun of action from past-participle stem of cessare "to delay" (from PIE root *ked- "to go, yield").

近义词

cease, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, expiration, shutdown, stay, termination

反义词

continuance, continuation, start, beginning

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