- 1vB2
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/
to stop doing, making, or providing something that you used to do or offer regularly.
停止；停產；中止
過去式 discontinued過去分詞 discontinued-ing discontinuing三單 discontinues
核心畫面
Picture something that had been running on a regular schedule — a bus route, a product line, a course of pills — and then a decision that it will not run again. Discontinue is that decision. The word carries the regularity inside it: you can only discontinue what was going on repeatedly.
可以想成：一件本來固定在進行的事——一條公車路線、一款產品、一個療程——然後有人決定它不再繼續了。discontin…更多收起
可以想成：一件本來固定在進行的事——一條公車路線、一款產品、一個療程——然後有人決定它不再繼續了。discontinue 就是這個決定。這個字裡面藏著「本來是固定在做的」：只做過一次的事不會用它，得是原本持續或反覆進行的東西，才談得上停掉。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
discontinueverb/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnju/
- 1
To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
- They plan to discontinue that design.
- I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth.
- 2
To consciously cease the ingestion or administration of (a pharmaceutical drug).
- AZT, the only AIDS treatment fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is extremely toxic, and many people with AIDS cannot cake it or must discontinue taking it after some period of time.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。