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desist

verb

🔊/dɪˈzɪst/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪst/

🔊/dɪˈzɪst/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪst/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they desist	🔊/dɪˈzɪst/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪst/ 🔊/dɪˈzɪst/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪst/
he / she / it desists	🔊/dɪˈzɪsts/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪsts/ 🔊/dɪˈzɪsts/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪsts/
past simple desisted	🔊/dɪˈzɪstɪd/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪstɪd/ 🔊/dɪˈzɪstɪd/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪstɪd/
past participle desisted	🔊/dɪˈzɪstɪd/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪstɪd/ 🔊/dɪˈzɪstɪd/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪstɪd/
-ing form desisting	🔊/dɪˈzɪstɪŋ/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪstɪŋ/ 🔊/dɪˈzɪstɪŋ/, 🔊/dɪˈsɪstɪŋ/

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desist (from something/from doing something) to stop doing something停止；结束
- They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.他们同意停止大规模轰炸。🔊🔊
see also cease-and-desist
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desister, from Latin desistere, from de- ‘down from’ + sistere ‘to stop’ (reduplication of stare ‘to stand’).