1. 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。

2. You had better desist.
    你最好打消念头吧。

1. 终止：desist from 停止 | desist 终止 | desk clerk 接待人员

2. 停止做... 休想 断念：3. desist 停止做... 休想 断念 | You had better desist. 你最好打消念头吧 | resist 抵制 反抗 抗拒

3. 断念：断奶weaning | 断念desist | 断片的fractionalfractionaryfragmentalfragmentary

4. 停止/控制/断念：desirous /愿望的/渴望的/渴望/ | desist /停止/控制/断念/ | deskman /办公室工作人员/报馆编辑人员/

1. 停止（做）；不再（做）
    If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.

    e.g. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America...
           福特从未停止过劝说他返回美国。
    e.g. 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。

1. choose not to consume

    e.g. I abstain from alcohol

    Synonym: abstainrefrain