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，恨不得死了算了。
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(wù)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(yè)，即停發(fā)福利救濟(jì)。
來自《權(quán)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.