cease: [14] Cease comes via Old French cesser from Latin cessāre ‘delay, stop’. This was derived from cessus, the past participle of cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’, which was also the basis of cessation [14], from Latin cessātiō. => cessation
cease (v.)
c. 1300, cesen, from Old French cesser "to come to an end, stop, cease; give up, desist," from Latin cessare "to cease, go slow, give over, leave off, be idle," frequentative of cedere (past participle cessus) "go away, withdraw, yield" (see cede). Related: Ceased; ceasing. Old English in this sense had geswican, blinnan.
cease (n.)
"cessation, stopping," c. 1300, from cease (n.) or else from Old French cesse "cease, cessation," from cesser.
例文
1. It hurt so badly he wished to cease to be.
彼は痛みを我慢できず、死ぬのが嫌だと思っていた。
2.Once our services cease to be useful to them,we 're expendable.サービスが彼らに役立たなくなったら、私たちは捨てられるかもしれません。
3.Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day cease -fire.
2日間の停戦の後、今日そこで激しい戦いが勃発した。
4.The plan calls for a cease ?fire and UN supervision of the country.
この計画では、双方の停戦を要求し、国連が同国を監督する。
5.UN officials are expressing cautious optimism that the latest cease -fire is holding.