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Cease: to stop happening or existing; to stop sth from happening or existing （使）停止，終止，結束
Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
一旦就業，即停發福利救濟.
You never cease to amaze me!
你總能讓我感到驚奇!
They voted to cease strike action immediately.
他們投票決定立即停止罷工.
He ordered his men to cease fire(= stop shooting).
他命令手下人停止射擊.
The company ceased trading in June.
這家公司已于六月停業.
conceal: to hide sb/sth 隱藏；隱瞞；掩蓋
The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster.
那些畫被隱藏在厚厚的灰泥層下面。
For a long time his death was concealed from her.
他的死瞞了很長時間都沒告訴她。
Tim could barely conceal his disappointment.
蒂姆幾乎掩飾不住自己的失望。
She sat down to conceal the fact that she was trembling.
她坐下來以不讓人看出她在發抖。
Subsistence: the state of having just enough money or food to stay alive 勉強維持生活
Many families are living below the level of subsistence.
許多家庭難以度日。
to live at/above/below (the) subsistence level
在最低生活水平線上╱以上╱以下
They had no visible means of subsistence.
他們生計無著。
subsistence agriculture/farming(= growing enough only to live on, not to sell)
收成僅夠自身口糧的生存農業
subsistence crops
生存作物
He worked a 16-hour day for a subsistence wage(= enough money to buy only basic necessities).
他一天工作 16 小時的工資僅夠活命。
Vice versa: used to say that the opposite of what you have just said is also true 反過來也一樣；反之亦然
You can cruise from Cairo to Aswan or vice versa(= also from Aswan to Cairo).
你可以乘船從開羅游覽到阿斯旺，也可以從阿斯旺游覽到開羅。
