cease-fire
英 ['si:s'fai?]
美
- n. 停火
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?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(yǔ)例句
- 1. It hurt so badly he wished to cease to be.
- 他覺(jué)得疼痛難忍，恨不得死了算了。
來(lái)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(wù)對(duì)他們不再有用，我們就可能被拋棄。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
- 一旦就業(yè)，即停發(fā)福利救濟(jì)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The arms race among the superpowers is being stepped up without cease.
- 超級(jí)大國(guó)之間正在加緊軍備競(jìng)爭(zhēng).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)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(dòng)不再是工會(huì)會(huì)員.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》