ceased
ceased — 動詞
- ceasedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- ceaseds3rd person singular
- ceaseding-ing form
- ceasededpast simple
1. to make an activity, service, or process stop so that it does not continue
中止；停辦
使活動、服務或作業停止
to make an activity, service, or process stop so that it does not continue
The factory ceased night shifts after several months of weak sales.
那家工廠在銷售疲弱了幾個月後，中止了夜班。
cease + noun phrase in formal reporting
Mira ceased taking the tablets when the rash spread across her arms.
手臂起疹子後，Mira 就中止服用那些藥片了。
pattern: cease + gerund
The town ceased bus service after the bridge became unsafe.
那個城鎮在橋梁變得不安全後，停辦了公車服務。
Classes ceased for the afternoon after smoke filled the science building.
因為煙霧充滿了科學大樓，下午的課程中止了。
- stop
the everyday choice for ending an activity or process
- discontinue
more common for products, services, or official practices
文法句型
cease + noun phrase
cease + gerund
用法筆記
Often appears in formal reports, official notices, and legal language. In everyday speech, stop is usually more natural.
2. to stop happening or existing by itself and no longer continue
止息；結束
事件、聲音或疼痛自行停下
to stop happening or existing by itself and no longer continue
The applause ceased when the lights came up across the hall.
當大廳的燈亮起時，掌聲就止息了。
event subject + cease
By midnight, the heavy rain had ceased and the streets were quiet.
到了午夜，大雨已經結束了，街道也安靜了下來。
The pain in Sana's shoulder ceased after two days of rest.
Sana 肩膀的疼痛在休息兩天後止息了。
Fighting ceased near the border once both sides signed the agreement.
雙方簽下協議後，邊境附近的戰鬥就結束了。
文法句型
cease + time expression
cease + adverb phrase
用法筆記
The subject is usually an event, sound, feeling, or process rather than a person. This sense describes something ending, not someone choosing to end it.
ceased — 名詞
1. used almost only with without to show that something keeps going all the time
不停地
固定片語，表示一直持續
used almost only with without to show that something keeps going all the time
Construction noise sounded without cease outside Valentina's window all weekend.
整個週末，Valentina 窗外的施工噪音都不停地響著。
fixed phrase: without cease
The baby cried without cease during the long drive through the mountains.
那個嬰兒在穿越山區的長途車程中不停地哭。
Questions arrived without cease after Tariq posted the exam results online.
Tariq 把考試成績貼上網後，問題就不停地湧進來。
Rain fell without cease on the campsite until the river covered the path.
雨不停地下在營地上，直到河水淹過小路。
- nonstop
far more common in everyday speech
- continuously
more neutral and less literary
文法句型
without cease
用法筆記
This form is used almost only after without, and it sounds formal or literary. In everyday English, nonstop or without stopping is much more common.