cease

verb

1. （使）停止，终止，结束
   to stop happening or existing; to stop sth from happening or existing
   1. Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
      一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
   2. You never cease to amaze me!
      你总能让我感到惊奇！
   3. They voted to cease strike action immediately.
      他们投票决定立即停止罢工。
   4. He ordered his men to cease fire (= stop shooting) .
      他命令手下停止射击。
   5. The company ceased trading in June.
      这家公司已于六月停业。

1. VERB 停止;终了;消失
   If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
   1. At one o'clock the rain had ceased.
      一点时，雨已停了。
2. VERB 停止;终止
   If you cease to do something, you stop doing it.
   1. He never ceases to amaze me...
      他总能给我惊喜。
   2. The secrecy about the President's condition had ceased to matter...
      总统的健康状况已经没有保密的必要。
   3. A small number of firms have ceased trading.
      一小部分公司已经停止贸易。
3. VERB 停止;终止
   If you cease something, you stop it happening or working.
   1. The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.
      阿拉斯加的周报《苔原时报》本周停刊了。

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。
2. At one o'clock the rain had ceased.
   一点时，雨已停了。
3. He never ceases to amaze me
   他总能给我惊喜。
4. The secrecy about the President's condition had ceased to matter
   总统的健康状况已经没有保密的必要。
5. A small number of firms have ceased trading.
   一小部分公司已经停止贸易。
6. The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.
   阿拉斯加的周报《苔原时报》本周停刊了。
7. 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。
8. They must immediately cease all their provocations.
   他们必须停止一切挑衅。
9. I think and think and cannot cease from thinking.
   我想了又想，一直想个没完。
10. Hostilities must cease at once.
    敌对行动必须立即停止。
11. When can the people cease from their labours?
    人们什么时候才能停止他们的辛苦劳作呢？
12. They agreed on a cease fire.
    他们就停火问题达成协议。
13. President Obama said the Palestinians must renounce violence, and Israel must cease settlement activity.
    奥巴马总统说，巴勒斯坦人必须抛弃暴力，而以色列人必须停止兴建定居点的活动。
14. Tell me, will you do this for me, and cease to weep?
    你说，你愿意吗，为了我，你就不要再哭了？
15. Cease meddling with God's plans and will.
    我们不该干预神的计划和旨意。
16. You cease to grow once you stop learning.
    一旦你停止学习，你就停止了成长。
17. When the body breaks, I cease to exist as a person.
    当肉体消亡时，我就不作为人存在了。
18. When these objects break, we cease to exist.
    当这些物体被破坏了，我们就停止了存在。
19. We could summarize this by saying, when I die, I cease to exist.
    总结起来就是，我死了，就停止了存在。
20. When you cease to dream you cease to live.
    当你停止梦想的时候，你就停止了生存。
21. We shall not cease from exploration.
    我们将不会停止探索。
22. This year and next conventional bonuses will cease.
    今年和明年我们会停发常规形式的奖金。
23. And for that would you have me cease?
    因为这个你要让我停止吗？
24. We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.
    “我们一刻不停地工作，准时完成了项目”；
25. Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.
    如果不把快乐表达出来，我们很快就停止了对快乐的感受，这就是人类的心理。
26. And I will cease to exist.
    我也将不复存在。
27. When did I cease to exist?
    我是什么时候停止存在的？
28. We expect these practices to cease forthwith.
    我们希望这些做法立即停止。
29. To cease providing effective service or function.
    停止提供有效服务和功能。
30. I will not cease from mental fight.
    我决不停息思想上的战斗。

  stop cease halt【导航词义：停止】

  stop v. 停止

〔辨析〕普通用词，指迅速或突然地中止某一行为、活动或状态；后接动名词时，表示直接停止做某事；后接动词不定式时，表示停下来去做某事。

  cease v. 〈正式〉停止，终止，结束

〔辨析〕指逐渐结束某一活动或状态，常含永久性终止之意，后接动名词或动词不定式均可，且意思基本不变。

  halt v. 停下，停止

〔辨析〕指停止前进或中止活动、发展等。

v.

wonders will never cease

• （表示惊喜）真是无奇不有，怪事何其多
  a phrase used to express surprise and pleasure at sth
  1. ‘I've cleaned my room.’ ‘Wonders will never cease!’
     “我把我的房间打扫干净了。”“怎么太阳从西边出来了！”

noun

1. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

verb

1. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
   1. the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
   2. Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
   3. My property ends by the bushes
   4. The symphony ends in a pianissimo

   Synonym:    endstopfinishterminate

2. put an end to a state or an activity
   1. Quit teasing your little brother

   Synonym:    discontinuestopgive upquitlay off