end
n. 最後部分; 結局; 末端; 終點; 殘餘; 破滅; 方面; 目的; 辭世
v. (使)結束; 以…方式結束; 終止於
The end of something such as a period of time, an event, a book, or a film is the last part of it or the final point in it.
The £5 banknote was first issued at the end of the 18th century...
五英鎊面值的鈔票最早在18世紀末發行。
The report is expected by the end of the year...
預期年底提交報告。
When a situation, process, or activity ends, or when something or someone ends it, it reaches its final point and stops.
The meeting quickly ended and Steve and I left the room...
會議很快結束了,我和史蒂夫離開了房間。
Talks have resumed to try to end the fighting...
會談重新開始,以期結束戰鬥。
An end to something or the end of it is the act or result of stopping it so that it does not continue any longer.
The French government today called for an end to the violence...
今天法國政府呼籲結束暴力行為。
I was worried she would walk out or bring the interview to an end...
我擔心她會離場或者終止採訪。
If you say that someone or something ends a period of time in a particular way, you are indicating what the final situation was like. You can also say that a period of time ends in a particular way.
The markets ended the week on a quiet note...
全球股市波瀾不驚地結束了一週的交易。
British Gas shares ended the day 1p up at 287p...
英國天然氣公司股價上漲1便士,以287便士收盤。
If a period of time ends, it reaches its final point.
Its monthly reports on program trading usually come out about three weeks after each month ends...
程式交易月度報告通常在每月結束3周後出來。
The first figure shows sales for week ending July 27.
第一組資料顯示截至7月27日的周銷售量。
If something such as a book, speech, or performance ends with a particular thing or the writer or performer ends it with that thing, its final part consists of the thing mentioned.
His statement ended with the words: 'Pray for me.'...
他的宣告以“為我祈禱”結束。
The book ends on a lengthy description of Hawaii...
這本書以對夏威夷的冗長描述為結尾。
If a situation or event ends in a particular way, it has that particular result.
The incident could have ended in tragedy...
這起事件本會以悲劇收場。
The match ended in a draw...
那場比賽以平局收場。
The two ends of something long and narrow are the two points or parts of it that are furthest away from each other.
The company is planning to place surveillance equipment at both ends of the tunnel...
該公司計劃在隧道兩端安裝監視裝置。
A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end.
日光燈通常是一根兩端裝有金屬電極的管子。
The end of a long, narrow object such as a finger or a pencil is the tip or smallest edge of it, usually the part that is furthest away from you.
He tapped the ends of his fingers together...
他同時輕輕地叩擊著幾根指尖。
She let the long cone of ash hang at the end of her cigarette.
她讓長長的菸灰留在菸頭上。
If an object ends with or in a particular thing, it has that thing on its tip or point, or as its last part.
It has three pairs of legs, each ending in a large claw.
它有3對腿,每條腿上都有一隻巨爪。
A journey, road, or river that ends at a particular place stops there and goes no further.
The road ended at a T-junction...
道路的盡頭是一個丁字路口。
The journey ends in the ancient city of Marrakesh.
旅行的終點是馬拉喀什古城。
End is used to refer to either of the two extreme points of a scale, or of something that you are considering as a scale.
At the other end of the social scale was the grocer, the village's only merchant...
社會等級的另一端是雜貨店老闆,村裡唯一的商人。
The agreement has been criticised by extremist groups on both ends of the political spectrum.
協議遭到了極左翼和極右翼極端團體的批評。
The other end is one of two places that are connected because people are communicating with each other by telephone or writing, or are travelling from one place to the other.
When he answered the phone, Ferguson was at the other end...
他接電話時,電話那一端是弗格森。
There was silence at the other end of the line...
電話那頭沒有聲音。
If you refer to a particular end of a project or piece of work, you mean a part or aspect of it, for example a part of it that is done by a particular person or in a particular place.
You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine...
你管好你的事,孩子,我會管好我的。
Let's go up to the office and settle the business end of things.
咱們上樓到辦公室去把公事搞定。
An end is the purpose for which something is done or towards which you are working.
The police force is being manipulated for political ends...
有人為了政治目的在操縱警方。
Now the government is trying another policy designed to achieve the same end.
現在政府正在嘗試實現殊途同歸的另一項政策。
If you say that something ends at a particular point, you mean that it is applied or exists up to that point, and no further.
Helen is also 25 and from Birmingham, but the similarity ends there...
海倫也是25歲,也來自伯明翰,但是相同之處僅此而已。
Does responsibility end at the fitting of car seats?
只負責安裝好汽車座椅嗎?
You can refer to someone's death as their end, especially when you are talking about the way that they died or might die.
Soon after we had spoken to this man he had met a violent end.
我們和這個人談話之後沒多久,他就死於非命了。
If you end by doing something or end in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.
They ended by making themselves miserable...
結果是他們自找苦頭。
They'll probably end back on the streets.
他們最後可能又會流落街頭。
If someone ends it all, they kill themselves.
He grew suicidal, thinking up ways to end it all.
他萌生了自殺的念頭,想出各種自我了斷的辦法。
If you describe something as, for example, the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful, and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate.
It was going to be a party to end all parties.
這將成為最棒的聚會。
...the sale to end all sales at Harrods.
哈羅茲最大的一次特價促銷
If something is at an end, it has finished and will not continue.
The court has passed sentence and the matter is now at an end...
法庭已經作出了判決,現在這件事已經告一段落。
The recession is definitely at an end.
經濟衰退無疑已經告終。
If something comes to an end, it stops.
The cold war came to an end.
冷戰結束了。
You say at the end of the day when you are talking about what happens after a long series of events or what appears to be the case after you have considered the relevant facts.
At the end of the day it's up to the Germans to decide...
最終得由德國人來作決定。
At the end of the day, the board's not going to be too concerned with three or four more dollars.
到頭來,董事會不會太操心多花了幾個錢。
If you say that someone has gone off the deep end, you mean that their mind has stopped working in a normal way and their behaviour has become very strange as a result.
I'm not sure she believes me. She probably just thinks I've gone off the deep end.
我不確定她是不是相信我。她可能只是覺得我神志不清了。
If you are thrown in at the deep end, you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation. If you jump in at the deep end, you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation.
It's a superb job. You get thrown in at the deep end and it's all down to you...
那是一份絕好的工作。你就像被拋到了泳池的深水區,一切都要靠自己。
The reason many people fail on diets is that they jump in at the deep end, making a complete change to their eating habits.
很多人節食失敗的原因是他們對節食一竅不通,一下子完全改變了飲食習慣。
If you do something to the bitter end or to the very end, you continue to do it for as long as you can, although it may be very unpleasant or dangerous.
We will fight to the bitter end to ensure our children get what is rightfully theirs.
我們會鬥爭到底,確保我們的孩子得到理應屬於他們的東西。
You say in the end when you are saying what is the final result of a series of events, or what is your final conclusion after considering all the relevant facts.
I toyed with the idea of calling the police, but in the end I didn't...
我拿不定主意是否報警,但最後還是沒報。
Benny thought the president was sincere and sensitive, but, in the end, that's not what counts.
本尼認為總統很誠懇,會體諒人,但歸根結底那些都沒有用。
If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else.
While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end in itself.
儘管他原本是為了學習而旅行,但旅行過程本身也是一種享受。
If you have to keep your end up, or to keep up your end of something, you have to do something as well as other people, or as well as you are expected to do it.
I had to keep my end up with other professors in the faculty...
我得和系裡其他教授一起做好自己的本職工作。
He had trouble keeping up his end of a technical discussion.
他沒能在一場技術探討中堅持自己的立場。
If you find it difficult to make ends meet, you can only just manage financially because you hardly have enough money for the things you need.
With Betty's salary they barely made ends meet.
加上貝蒂的薪水,他們僅能勉強維持生計。
No end means a lot.
The problem was causing the poor woman no end of misery...
那個問題給這個可憐的女人帶來了很多痛苦。
Teachers inform me that Tracey's behaviour has improved no end.
老師們告訴我特雷西的行為大有改善。
When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end, it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned.
He is a wonderful companion and we can talk for hours on end...
他是個非常好的同伴,我們可以連續聊上好幾個小時。
I spend days on end in this studio.
我一連幾天呆在這個工作室裡。
Something that is on end is upright, instead of in its normal or natural position, for example lying down, flat, or on its longest side.
To put an end to something means to cause it to stop.
Only a political solution could put an end to the violence.
只有政治解決方案才能終結暴力。
If a process or person has reached the end of the road, they are unable to progress any further.
Given the results of the vote, is this the end of the road for the hardliners in Congress?
從選舉結果來看,這是不是國會中強硬派的末日?
If you say that something will happen or be true until the end of time or to the end of time, you are emphasizing that it will always happen or always be true.
We can assume that the moon will continue to go around the earth until the end of time...
我們可以認定月亮會一直不停地繼續圍繞地球旋轉。
I'll love her till the end of time.
我會愛她直到永遠。
If you say that something bad is not the end of the world, you are trying to stop yourself or someone else being so upset by it, by suggesting that it is not the worst thing that could happen.
Obviously I'd be disappointed if we don't make it, but it wouldn't be the end of the world.
顯然,如果我們做不到我會失望,但這也不會是世界末日。
1. either extremity of something that has length;
2. the point in time at which something ends;
3. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence;
4. the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;
5. a final part or section;
6. a final state;
7. the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object;
8. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage;
9. one of two places from which people are communicating to each other;
10. a boundary marking the extremities of something;
11. the part you are expected to play;
12. the last section of a communication;
13. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
14. a position on the line of scrimmage;
1. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
2. bring to an end or halt;
3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;
4. put an end to;
aim, goal, purpose, end, target, object, objective
這些名詞均有"目標,目的"之意。
complete, finish, end, close, conclude, terminate, accomplish
這些動詞均含"結束,完成"之意。
all ends up
(非正式)完全地,徹底地
at the end of the day
(非正式,主英)最終,到頭來
be at (或 have come to) an end
結束;完畢;完成
(供應物)耗盡,用光
be at the end of
到了…的盡頭,幾至耗盡
be the end
(非正式)是所能忍受的最大限度,達到了忍耐極限
come to (或 meet) a sticky (或 bad) end
遭到報應;落得悲慘下場;不得好死
the end-all
終結;最終結果
end one's days (或 life)
度過餘生(或暮年)
an end in itself
目標本身
end in tears
(常作告誡語)會有不愉快(或痛苦)的結局;有苦果
end it all
自殺
the end of the road (或line)
生命(或事物發展)的盡頭;窮途末路;完蛋
the end of one's tether (或北美rope)
忍無可忍;精疲力竭
the end of the world
世界末日,世界之毀滅
That face called up in his mind the image of his end wife.
那張臉使他想起了他亡妻的形象.
One way and another I'm going to finish this work before the end of the month.
無論如何,我打算在本月完成這項工作.
His research was at a dead end.
他的研究無法進行下去.
The rear end of our car was smashed.
我們的汽車尾巴被撞壞了.
The football match came to an end, and the crowd soon cleared away from the ground.
足球賽結束了, 人群很快從球場散去.
vt. & vi. 中斷;結束
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n. 結束;終結
conclusionfinishterminationclose
n. 限度;終結;結果
resultoutcomegoalconclusionboundarypurposelimittipfinale
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