1. cease to 停止；不再出现某种情况
The people did not cease to resist even after the fall of the capital.
即使在首都失陷以后人民也没有停止抵抗。
2. by chance 偶然；意外地
I met him by chance at Canterbury Cathedral.
我是在坎特伯雷大教堂偶然地碰到过他。
3. of one's own 属于某人自己的
She had concentrated on herjob of teaching other people' s children. Sometimes she longed for one of her own.
她一直潜心于她的工作——教育别人的孩子。有时候她也渴望自己有个孩子。
4. absence of 缺乏
"In the absence of the chairman, his deputy take the chair"
董事长不在时他的副手当（会议）主席