v.停止；中止；打消念頭；忍住；克制

I wish he would desist from entertaining his friends. 我希望他別再招待他的朋友了。

We have desisted our work. 我們已經(jīng)停止我們的工作了。

You ought to desist from such foolish activities. 你們必須停止這種如此愚蠢的行動(dòng)國(guó)。

He made several attempts to rise but was obliged to desist . 他多次想站起來(lái)但不得不放棄了這個(gè)念頭。