很多词都表示停止、停下,但是,它们使用的地方又各不相同,这些细微的差别常常让英语写作的同学“有点方”,下面小编为大家准备了这些词的辨析~

 

suspend & discontinue & halt & cease

suspend   v. 暂停; 延缓

☆指正式让某事停下,通常是短时间暂停

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

几位部长发言谴责暂停宪制的决定。

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

议会以压倒性的多数票决定推迟宣布独立。

 

discontinue   vt.& vi. (使)终止,中断,中止

☆强调的是结果,不涉及停多久的问题

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

为什么你不继续编纂你的词典 呢 ?功亏一篑,你不觉得可惜吗 ?

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

伐尔伏雷当然收到了那封请他同伊丽莎白 ― 杰恩断绝来往的信.

 

halt   vt. 使停止; 使中断; 阻止; 使立定

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

我们得采取纠偏行动来阻止这个国家的衰落。

 He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline.  

他批评政府未能遏止经济下滑。

 

cease   vt. 停止,终止,结束

☆不涉及停下时间的长短

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

联合国官员对于最近的停火协定是否有效持谨慎的乐观态度。

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

超级大国之间正在加紧军备竞争。

 

看了这四个表示暂停,中断的动词的解析,大家分清了它们细微差别了吗?赶快收藏起来吧!