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cease verb
⇨ stop 1 (work has ceased) ⇨ cease trading ⇨ close 2stop1 verb stop talking 停止说话a car stops/stop a car 汽车停下来；停车stop the bleeding 止血stop ♦︎ give sth up ♦︎ cease ♦︎ drop ♦︎ abandon ♦︎ quit ♦︎ discontinue ♦︎ leave off ♦︎ knock off (sth) ♦︎ pack sth inThese words all mean to no longer continue to do sth or to make sb/sth no longer do sth. 这些词均表示中断、停止。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to stop / give up / cease / quit / leave off doing sth◆to stop / give up / cease / drop / abandon / quit / leave off what you are doing◆to stop / give up / cease / abandon / quit / leave off / knock off work◆to give up / abandon / quit / pack in your job◆to give up / abandon hope◆to give up / quit smoking◆work stops / ceases◆to soon / finally stop / give up / cease / abandon / quit / discontinue◆to suddenly / immediately / almost / simply / never stop / give up / cease / abandon / quit◆to stop / cease / quit / leave off for a moment■ stop (-pp-) [transitive, intransitive] to no longer continue to do sth; to make sb/sth no longer do sth 中断；停止◆That phone never stops ringing!那电话总是响个不停！◆He couldn't stop thinking about her.他无法抑制对她的思念。◆Mike immediately stopped what he was doing.迈克立刻停下手头的事情。◆ (spoken) Stop me (= Make me stop talking) if I'm boring you.你要是觉得我烦了就打断我。◆Stop it! You're hurting me.住手！你把我弄疼了。◆Can't you just stop?你就不能停一停吗？ⓘ Notice the difference between stop doing sth and stop to do sth: We stopped taking pictures. means 'We were no longer taking pictures.'; We stopped to take pictures. means 'We stopped what we were doing so that we could start taking pictures.' 注意stop doing sth和stop to do sth的区别：We stopped taking pictures表示我们不再照相了。而We stopped to take pictures则表示我们停下正在做的事去照相。■ ˌgive sth ˈup phrasal verb (gave, given) [no passive] to stop doing or having sth 停止；中止；放弃；抛弃◆She didn't give up work when she had the baby.她生了孩子后并未放弃工作。◆We'd given up hope of ever having children.那时我们已放弃了生孩子的希望。◆You ought to give up smoking.你应该戒烟。◆He gave up medicine for a career in show business.他放弃了医学，转而从事演艺事业。 OPP take sth up ⇨ begin ■ cease / /siːs/ / [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to stop happening or existing; to stop sth from happening or existing 停止；终止；结束◆Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.一个人一旦就业，福利救济立刻停止发放。◆You never cease to amaze me!你总能让我感到惊奇！◆The company ceased trading in June.这家公司已于6月份停业。◆He ordered his men to cease fire (= stop shooting).他命令手下停止射击。■ drop (-pp-) [transitive] (rather informal, especially spoken) to stop doing or discussing sth; to not continue with sth 停止；终止（讨论）；放弃◆I dropped German (= stopped studying it) when I was 14.我14岁后就没再学德语。◆Drop everything and come at once.放下所有事情赶快来。◆Look, can we just drop it (= stop talking about it)?喂，这事能不能就谈到这儿？◆I think we'd better drop the subject.我认为我们最好不要再谈这个话题。◆The police decided to drop the charges against her.警方决定撤回对她的指控。■ abandon [transitive] (rather formal) to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth 中止；放弃；不再有◆They were forced to abandon the game because of rain.因为下雨，他们被迫中止了比赛。◆We had to abandon any further attempt at negotiation.我们不得不放弃进一步谈判的任何尝试。■ quit (quitting, quit, quit; BrE also quitting, quitted, quitted) [transitive, intransitive] (especially NAmE, informal) to stop doing sth 停止；放弃◆I'm still trying to quit smoking.我仍在尝试着戒烟。◆Just quit it!就此罢手吧！◆We only just started. We're not going to quit now.我们才刚刚开始，现在还不打算放弃。■ discontinue [transitive] (formal) to stop doing, using or providing sth, especially sth that you have been doing, using or providing regularly 停止，终止，中断（尤指一直在做、使用或提供的事物）◆It was decided to discontinue the treatment after three months.三个月后决定终止治疗。■ ˌleave ˈoff phrasal verb (left, left) (informal) to stop doing sth, especially temporarily （尤指暂时地）停止，中断◆Start reading from where you left off last time.就从你上次停下来的地方接着读。■ ˌknock ˈoff■ ˌknock ˈoff sth phrasal verb (informal) to stop doing sth, especially work 停止，中断（尤指工作）◆Do you want to knock off early today?今天你想早点收工吗？◆What time do you knock off work?你什么时候下班？■ ˌpack sth ˈin phrasal verb (informal) to stop doing sth 停止（做某事）◆She decided to pack in her job.她决定辞职不干了。◆ (especially BrE) Pack it in (= stop behaving badly or annoying me), you two!别闹了，你们俩！NOTE 辨析 Which word? Give up, quit, leave off, knock off and pack sth in are all informal ways of saying 'stop doing sth'. Knock off is usually used about work, when you stop work at the end of the day or for a short time. Leave off is also usually used when you stop sth temporarily and expect to start again later. If you give up/quit work you leave your job and don't get another one. You can't ◆pack in work but you can give up/quit/pack in your job which means you leave your job and either get another one or do sth else such as start your own business or travel around the world. Work can also cease or be abandoned if a whole group of people working on a project decides or is told to stop. * give up、quit、leave off、knock off和pack sth in都是停止做某事的非正式说法。knock off通常指下班或暂停工作；leave off通常也指暂时停止做某事，而且预计以后会接着做；give up/quit work则表示离职而尚未找到其他工作。不说pack in work，但可以说give up/quit/pack in your job，意思是离职后有另一份工作或做别的事情，比如自己创业或周游世界。cease或be abandoned以work作主语时，表示从事某个项目的全体人员决定或奉命停止该项目◆Work on redeveloping the site has ceased / been abandoned.对该地点的再开发工作已经停止／放弃。If work ceases it may start again later; if it is abandoned it probably will not. Stop can be used with work in any of these ways. * cease表示工作有可能再开始，be abandoned则表示很可能不再开始。stop与work连用有下述几种用法◆What time do you stop / knock off work today?今天你什么时候下班／收工？◆She stopped / gave up / quit work when she had the baby.她生孩子后就停止／放弃／辞去了工作。◆Work on the project has stopped / ceased / been abandoned.这个项目的工作已经停止／放弃。 close2 /kləʊz; NAmE kloʊz/ verb close a door/your eyes/a book 关门；闭眼；合上书a factory closes/close a factory 工厂倒闭；关闭工厂close ♦︎ cease trading ♦︎ fail ♦︎ close (sth) down ♦︎ collapse ♦︎ go bust ♦︎ crash ♦︎ go bankrupt ♦︎ fold ♦︎ flopThese are all words that can be used when a business stops operating, often because it does not have enough money to pay the bills and cannot borrow any more. 这些词均表示停业、倒闭、破产。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a firm / company closes / ceases trading / fails / closes down / collapses / goes bust / crashes / goes bankrupt / folds◆a business closes / ceases trading / fails / closes down / collapses / goes bust / crashes / folds◆an industry closes down / collapses◆a person goes bust / goes bankrupt◆a / an factory / newspaper / operation / shop closes / closes down◆shares / prices / markets collapse / crash◆a show / play closes / folds / flops◆to suddenly close / close down / collapse / fold■ close [intransitive, transitive](of a business, service or show) to stop operating; to cause a business, service or show to stop operating （企业、服务或演出）停止运作；停业；关闭◆The hospital closed at the end of last year.这家医院去年年底关闭了。◆The play closed after just three nights.这部剧仅上演了三个晚上就停演了。◆The club was closed by the police.那家俱乐部被警方查封了。◆They are closing their Liverpool factory.他们将关闭利物浦的工厂。OPP open ⓘ When a business, service or show opens it starts business or starts playing to the public for the first time. * open指企业开业、服务行业开始营业或演出首次登场◆The show opened to great reviews.首演好评如潮。◆The company opened its doors for business a month ago.那家公司一个月前开业。 ▸ closure /ˈkləʊʒə(r); NAmE ˈkloʊʒər/ noun [countable, uncountable] ◆factory closures工厂倒闭◆The hospital has been threatened with closure.这家医院已经面临关闭的威胁。■ ˌcease ˈtrading phrase (formal, business 商业) (of a business) to stop operating （企业）停业◆A leading travel firm has ceased trading with the loss of a number of jobs.一家大旅行社已经停业，好些人丢了工作。■ fail [intransitive](of a business) to be unable to continue operating （企业）倒闭，破产◆More banks failed as people rushed to withdraw their money.由于人们争相挤兑，更多银行倒闭了。▸ failure noun [countable, uncountable] ◆There has been an alarming increase in business failures.企业倒闭数字的上升令人担忧。■ ˌclose ˈdown ■ ˌclose sth ˈdown phrasal verb (of a business or service) to stop operating; to cause a business or service to stop operating （使）停业；关闭；倒闭◆Companies were closing down or reducing their workforce.公司纷纷倒闭或裁员。◆Banks are closing down their smaller branches.各银行将关闭较小的分行。OPP open (sth) up ⓘ When a business or service opens up it starts operating; to open sth up is to start a new business or service. * open up指企业或服务行业开始运作，open sth up指开展新的业务或服务◆There's a new Thai restaurant opening up in town.城里新开了一家泰国菜餐厅。 NOTE 辨析 Close or close down?There is not much difference in meaning between these words. Both can be used to talk about either a business or service; close but not close down can also be used to talk about a play or show. 两者意思上没有太大差别，均可用于企业或服务行业。close可用于戏剧或演出，但 close down不可以◆The play closed down after just three nights. ■ collapse [intransitive](of a business, prices, a market or an economy) to lose all or most of its value （企业）倒闭；（价格）暴跌；（市场）萧条；（经济）崩溃◆Share prices collapsed after news of poor trading figures.成交量不佳的消息使股价暴跌。◆The region's economy has virtually collapsed.该地区的经济实际上已经崩溃。▸ collapse noun [countable, usually singular] ◆the collapse of share prices / the dollar / the market股价／美元的暴跌；市场大萧条■ go ˈbust idiom (goes, went, gone) (informal) (of a business or the person running it) to be unable to continue operating because there is no money （企业或其经营者）破产◆We lost our deposit when the travel company went bust.旅行社破产，我们的订金都赔了进去。■ crash [intransitive] (rather informal) (of a business, market or prices) to lose all or most of its value suddenly （企业、市场或价格突然）贬值，倒闭，失败；暴跌◆Share prices crashed to an all-time low yesterday.股价昨天暴跌到了历史最低点。▸ crash noun [countable] ◆the 1929 stock market crash1929年的股市暴跌NOTE 辨析 Collapse or crash?There is not much difference in meaning between these words. An economy can collapse but not crash. Crash is slightly more informal and suggests an even more sudden event. 这两个词意思没有太大差别。economy可以和collapse搭配，但不可以和crash搭配。crash稍显不正式，更强调突发性。■ go ˈbankrupt phrase (goes, went, gone)(of a person or company) to stop running a business because you do not have enough money to pay what you owe; (of a person) to ask a judge in court to officially say that you cannot pay your debts and are not allowed to borrow money （人或公司）破产；（人）申请破产◆Unfortunately the firm went bankrupt before the work was completed.不幸的是，这家公司在工程完成之前破产了。◆I have thousands of pounds of debt which I can't afford to pay back and am thinking of going bankrupt.我有数千英镑的债务还不上，正在考虑申请破产。■ fold [intransitive] (rather informal) (of a business, organization or show) to close because it is no longer successful （企业或组织）倒闭；（演出）结束，停演◆His business folded and his wife left him.他生意失败，妻子也离开了他。◆The musical folded after 16 performances.那部音乐剧演了16场后停演了。◆Her fan club has folded.她的追星族俱乐部关闭了。■ flop (-pp-) [intransitive] (rather informal) (of a film, show, product or project) to be a failure, especially because it is not popular （电影、演出、产品或项目）失败，不成功（尤指因不受大众欢迎）◆The play flopped on Broadway.这出戏在百老汇砸了锅。◆Many of his ambitious schemes have flopped in the past.过去他的许多雄心大计都失败了。 see also flop ⇨ disaster noun |