discontinue

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying. transitive
    — They plan to discontinue that design.
  2. To consciously cease the ingestion or administration of (a pharmaceutical drug). transitive
    — AZT, the only AIDS treatment fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is extremely toxic, and many people with AIDS cannot cake it or must discontinue taking it after some period of time.

词形变化

discontinues present,singular,third-person discontinuing participle,present discontinued participle,past discontinued past

词汇关系

近义词
break off terminate intermit
反义词
continue
衍生词
discontinuable discontinuee
相关词
discontinuation deprecate

词源

From Old French descontinuer, equivalent to dis- + continue.
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