| 词组 | cease and desist |
| 释义 | Idiom cease and desist Theme: STOP to stop doing something and stay stopped. (A legal phrase. Fixed order.)The judge ordered the merchant to cease and desist the deceptive practices.When they were ordered to cease and desist, they finally stopped. cease and desistTo stop doing something. This phrase is typically associated with legal matters. We received a letter ordering us to cease and desist due to copyright infringement, so we had to halt production. cease and desistto completely stop doing something. (A legal phrase.) The judge ordered the merchant to cease and desist the deceptive practices. When they were ordered to cease and desist, they finally stopped. cease and desistStop, leave off doing something, as in: "Bliss excavated at least once on his own and Dr. Brand ... told him to cease and desist" (Douglas Preston quoting Frank Hibben, The New Yorker, June 12, 1995). This legal term is a redundancy, since cease and desist mean virtually the same thing, but often appears in legal documents to avoid possible misinterpretation. [c. 1920] |
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