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词汇 desisted
释义 desisted
past simple and past participle ofdesist
desist
verb[ I ]
 formaluk /dɪˈsɪst/ us /dɪˈsɪst/
to stop doing something, especially something that someone else does not want you to do: 停止,中止(他人不希望发生的事)
desist fromThe soldiers have been ordered to desist from firing their guns.士兵们已接到命令停止射击。
The high winds are expected to desist tomorrow.大风预计将于明天停止。
Synonyms
abstain
refrainformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to end something or cause it to end
stopStop pulling your brother's hair this instant!
quitQuit poking your sister, will you?
haltWe halted the assembly line to check the equipment.
discontinueThe lab has discontinued this line of research due to ethical concerns.
ceaseAll operations at the company will cease, and the assets will be auctioned off.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Abstaining and refraining
abstain
abstain from something
abstainer
abstemious
abstemiously
cut
desist
disengagement
finger
forbear
forbearance
give up
play hard to getidiom
pull
pull back
step
step back
stop
touch
truck

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Causing something to end

Examples of desisted


desisted

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


With rampant unemployment and a surplus of labor, many workers desisted from joining unions out of fear of such reprisals.
Out of that group, almost 40% desisted in serious offending between ages 20 and 25.
Therefore, it is necessary to stipulate how large the window needs to be to consider a person as having desisted.
It also seems likely that some of the individuals desisted earlier than the desistance window of ages 20 -25 used in this analysis.
A class of individuals, labeled childhood limited, who demonstrated conduct problems in childhood but subsequently desisted, was also identified (24.3%).
They found that antisocial adolescents who desisted from criminality had significantly greater physiological arousal and orienting than antisocial adolescents who became adult criminals.
Far from having desisted from intervention, it has grown apace and has been increasing.
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They were well and truly trounced, so they desisted for a while; but they seem to be returning to their old unfortunate ways.
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That was desisted from after strong local opposition.
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Would it not save a lot of money if they desisted from coming here?
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Although it has now desisted, that caused undue but great, and probably justifiable, anxiety in the minds of the public about its intentions.
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I hope that that line of argument will be desisted from.
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If that were desisted in, we should have more to give in other directions.
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Therefore, it would be more graceful if he desisted from that practice.
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They have desisted from tabling amendments which, although acceptable in terms of their content, would have been an obstacle to the adoption of this codifying text.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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