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Cease: to stop happening or existing; to stop sth from happening or existing （使）停止，终止，结束
Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
一旦就业，即停发福利救济.
You never cease to amaze me!
你总能让我感到惊奇!
They voted to cease strike action immediately.
他们投票决定立即停止罢工.
He ordered his men to cease fire(= stop shooting).
他命令手下人停止射击.
The company ceased trading in June.
这家公司已于六月停业.
conceal: to hide sb/sth 隐藏；隐瞒；掩盖
The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster.
那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
For a long time his death was concealed from her.
他的死瞒了很长时间都没告诉她。
Tim could barely conceal his disappointment.
蒂姆几乎掩饰不住自己的失望。
She sat down to conceal the fact that she was trembling.
她坐下来以不让人看出她在发抖。
Subsistence: the state of having just enough money or food to stay alive 勉强维持生活
Many families are living below the level of subsistence.
许多家庭难以度日。
to live at/above/below (the) subsistence level
在最低生活水平线上╱以上╱以下
They had no visible means of subsistence.
他们生计无着。
subsistence agriculture/farming(= growing enough only to live on, not to sell)
收成仅够自身口粮的生存农业
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 小时的工资仅够活命。
Vice versa: used to say that the opposite of what you have just said is also true 反过来也一样；反之亦然
You can cruise from Cairo to Aswan or vice versa(= also from Aswan to Cairo).
你可以乘船从开罗游览到阿斯旺，也可以从阿斯旺游览到开罗。
