很多詞都表示停止、停下,但是,它們使用的地方又各不相同,這些細(xì)微的差別常常讓英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)作的同學(xué)“有點(diǎn)方”,下面小編為大家準(zhǔn)備了這些詞的辨析~

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suspend & discontinue & halt & cease

suspend ??v. 暫停; 延緩

☆指正式讓某事停下,通常是短時(shí)間暫停

Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule. ?

幾位部長(zhǎng)發(fā)言譴責(zé)暫停憲制的決定。

The parliament has voted by an overwhelming majority to suspend its declaration of independence. ?

議會(huì)以壓倒性的多數(shù)票決定推遲宣布獨(dú)立。

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discontinue ??vt.& vi. (使)終止,中斷,中止

☆強(qiáng)調(diào)的是結(jié)果,不涉及停多久的問(wèn)題

Why do you discontinue compiling your dictionary? Don't you think it a pity to give it up when it is nearly completed? ?

為什么你不繼續(xù)編纂你的詞典 呢 ?功虧一簣,你不覺(jué)得可惜嗎 ?

Farfrae duly received the request to discontinue attentions to Elizabeth - Jane. ?

伐爾伏雷當(dāng)然收到了那封請(qǐng)他同伊麗莎白 ― 杰恩斷絕來(lái)往的信.

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halt ??vt. 使停止; 使中斷; 阻止; 使立定

We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline. ?

我們得采取糾偏行動(dòng)來(lái)阻止這個(gè)國(guó)家的衰落。

?He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline. ?

他批評(píng)政府未能遏止經(jīng)濟(jì)下滑。

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cease ??vt. 停止,終止,結(jié)束

☆不涉及停下時(shí)間的長(zhǎng)短

UN officials are expressing cautious optimism that the latest cease-fire is holding. ?

聯(lián)合國(guó)官員對(duì)于最近的?;饏f(xié)定是否有效持謹(jǐn)慎的樂(lè)觀態(tài)度。

The arms race among the superpowers is being stepped up without cease. ?

超級(jí)大國(guó)之間正在加緊軍備競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

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看了這四個(gè)表示暫停,中斷的動(dòng)詞的解析,大家分清了它們細(xì)微差別了嗎?趕快收藏起來(lái)吧!