discontinue
verb /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they discontinue | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ |
| he / she / it discontinues | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːz/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːz/ |
| past simple discontinued | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ |
| past participle discontinued | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ |
| -ing form discontinuing | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/ |
- discontinue (doing) something to stop doing, using or providing something, especially something that you have been doing, using or providing regularly
停止；终止；中断 - It was decided to discontinue the treatment after three months.
决定三个月后终止治疗。 - The company has discontinued the practice of providing the staff with free lunches.
该公司已停止向员工提供免费午餐的做法。
- It was decided to discontinue the treatment after three months.
- [usually passive] discontinue something to stop making a product
停止，终止（生产） - a sale of discontinued china
出售已停止生产的瓷器
- a sale of discontinued china
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘interrupt, disrupt’): via Old French from medieval Latin discontinuare, from Latin dis- ‘not’ + continuare, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’.