discontinue

Word family  noun continuation ≠ discontinuation continuity ≠ discontinuity adjective continual continued ≠ discontinued continuous ≠ discontinuous verb continue ≠ discontinue adverb continually continuously

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·con·tin·ue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ verb [transitive]  STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop doing, producing, or providing something 停止，中断，终止 Bus route 51 is being discontinued. 51 路公共汽车目前停止运营。 a discontinued china pattern 不再使用的瓷器图案 —discontinuation /ˌdɪskəntɪnjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] —discontinuance /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəns/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

discontinue• If fewer than ten students sign up, the course will be discontinued.• If it is not working in that time then the chart should be discontinued.• Three years and $ 50 million later, the service was discontinued.• In addition, one patient receiving cyclosporin was excluded because treatment was discontinued after only three months.• And in the struggle to turn the company into a lean commercial outfit, some lines have been discontinued altogether.• The airline plans to discontinue daily flights from L.A. to Osaka.• Doctors decided to discontinue the treatment when it became clear that the boy had no chance of recovering.• Sandoz and CoCensys have mutually agreed to discontinue their agreement after its March expiration.• After two weeks I discontinued them after determining they were not significantly improving morale.From Longman Business Dictionarydiscontinuedis‧con‧tin‧ue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ verb [transitive] to stop doing, making, or providing something that you have regularly done, made, or provided until nowThe guitar manufacturer discontinued almost their entire range to concentrate on the RG450 and JEM series.The bus service is being discontinued as of March 1st.This is a discontinued line (=product that is no longer being made) that we are selling off cheaply.→ See Verb table

dis·con·tin·ue verbChineseSyllable  

Corpus something stop doing, providing producing, Business to or

discontinue
dis‧con‧tin‧ue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ verb [transitive]to stop doing, producing, or providing something:
    Bus route 51 is being discontinued.
    a discontinued china pattern
—discontinuation /ˌdɪskəntɪnjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
—discontinuance /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəns/ noun [uncountable]

dis·con·tinueBrE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they discontinue BrE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it discontinues BrE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːz/ 🔊past simple discontinued BrE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ 🔊past participle discontinued BrE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ 🔊 -ing form discontinuing BrE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal) ~ (doing) sth to stop doing, using or providing sth, especially sth 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。🔊🔊 [usually passive] ~ sth 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