de-, 向下，离开。-sist, 站立，词源同stand, assist. 即站下来，不再坚持，停止。

1. The magazine will desist from such language after receiving complaints.

杂志接到投诉之后将杜绝使用此类语言。

2. They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.

他们同意停止大规模轰炸。

3. You had better desist.

你最好打消念头吧.

4. I asked him to desist from abusing me in private to newspaper editors.

我要求他停止私下向各报馆编辑诽谤我.

5. The judge told the man to desist from threatening his wife.

法官告诫那男子切莫再去威胁其妻.