mass noun
1- archaic or US cessation〈古或美〉停止:
he teased us without surcease.
他没完没了地嘲笑我们。
1.1
- relief or consolation减轻; 安慰:
drugs are taken to provide surcease from intolerable psychic pain.
吃药以减轻这无法忍受的精神痛苦。
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