The construction noise did not cease until the city enacted stricter nighttime regulations.
直到城市实施了更严格的夜间规定，施工噪音才停止。
- It ceased operations shortly after the completion of the transcontinental telegraph, which could deliver messages almost instantly.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “cease”?
C — To stop. “cease” means to stop.
Which word means “to stop”?
B — cease. “cease” means to stop.
cease — to stop. In Chinese: 停止.
cease is pronounced /siːs/.
The construction noise did not cease until the city enacted stricter nighttime regulations. (直到城市实施了更严格的夜间规定，施工噪音才停止。)
stop, halt, terminate — all close in meaning to cease (to stop).
continue, persist — each the opposite of cease (to stop).
Yes. cease is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
cease(to stop permanently)