desist

Despite orders from the police, the protesters would not desist.尽管警方发出命令，但抗议的人们并未停止。

They were ordered to desist from using the symbol as a logo.他们被勒令停止使用那个符号作为标识。

The court ordered the company to cease and desist from selling the photographs. [=to immediately stop selling the photographs]法院命令那个公司立即停止销售那些照片。