单词
cease-fire
英 ['si:s'fai?]
美
基本信息
- n. 停火
词态变化
复数:?cease-fires;
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
- 一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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