cease-fire
英 ['si:s'fai?]
美
- n. 停火
詞態變化
復數:?cease-fires;
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. It hurt so badly he wished to cease to be.
- 他覺得疼痛難忍，恨不得 了算了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Once our services cease to be useful to them, we're expendable.
- 一旦我們的服務對他們不再有用，我們就可能被拋棄。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
- 一旦就業，即停發福利救濟。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The arms race among the superpowers is being stepped up without cease.
- 超級大國之間正在加緊軍備競爭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Once people retire they automatically cease to be union members.
- 人們一旦退休就自動不再是工會會員.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》