surcease
surcease
noun
noun
- [mass noun](archaic or US)cessation
(古或美)停止
he teased us without surcease.
他没完没了地嘲笑我们。
■relief or consolation
减轻；安慰
drugs are taken to provide surcease from intolerable psychic pain.
吃药以减轻这无法忍受的精神痛苦。
- [no obj.](archaic)cease
(古)终止
- late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French sursis, past participle of Old French surseoir 'refrain, delay', from Latin supersedere (see supersede). The change in the ending was due to association with cease; the noun dates from the late 16th cent
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