/siːs/
意味: 停止
例文: Haruki shouted, “Cease fire! It’s dinner!”
ハルキが「停戦だ！夕飯だぞ！」と叫んだ。
言葉のよくある組み合わせ: cease fire(停戦), cease operations(業務停止), cease production(生産停止)
定義: 何かを止めることや終わらせることを意味します。何かが続いている状態から、それをやめることを指します。たとえば、戦争や活動を止めるときに使われます。
ceaseは約90,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: (`cease’ is a noun only in the phrase `without cease’) end
Verb: put an end to a state or an activity
Verb: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun, Verb
Examples(例文)
Verb: Quit teasing your little brother
Verb: the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Verb: Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
Verb: My property ends by the bushes
Verb: The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): cease, discontinue, end, finish, give up, lay off, quit, stop, terminate
Antonyms(反意語): begin, continue
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): end
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): cease, death, fag end, last gasp, period, stopping point, termination, terminus ad quem, year-end
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): adjourn, break, call it quits, cheese, conclude, culminate, cut out, discontinue, drop, go out, lapse, leave off, pass away, pull the plug, retire, run low, run out, shut off, sign off, turn out, vanish
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: cease, cessation, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, finish, stop, stoppage, terminative, terminus
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: general
Usage Category: literary
Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online
Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
Prefixes(接頭辞):
Suffixes(接尾辞):
Exam Level
高校レベル
英検2級
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
Books(洋書): Atomic Habits
Movies(映画):
Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
Emotion Categories:
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