terminate

• vt. 使终止；使结束；解雇
• vi. 结束，终止；结果
• adj. 结束的

termin-,边界，终端，-ate,使。引申词义结束，终止，杀死。

1. bring to an end or halt;

"She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"

"The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI"

2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;

"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"

"Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

"My property ends by the bushes"

"The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;

"This sad scene ended the movie"

4. terminate the employment of;

"The boss fired his secretary today"

"The company terminated 25% of its workers"

terminate (v.)

early 15c., "bring to an end," from Latin terminatus, past participle of terminare "to limit, set bounds, end" (see terminus). Intransitive sense of "to come to an end" is recorded from 1640s; meaning "dismiss from a job" is recorded from 1973; that of "to assassinate" is from 1975. Related: Terminated; terminating.

complete, finish, end, close, conclude, terminate, accomplish

这些动词均含"结束，完成"之意。

complete： 侧重指完成预定的任务或使某事完善，补足缺少的部分等。

finish： 与complete基本同义，着重圆满地结束或完成已着手的事。

end： 最普通用词，着重事情的完成。也指某种活动因达到目的而自然结束或由于某种原因而突然中止。

close： 普通用词，着重行为的终止或结束，不强调其目的。

conclude： 正式用词，多指以某事或活动达到预期目的而告终。

terminate： 强调有一个空间和时间的限度，届时必须终止。书面语用词。

accomplish： 正式用词，强调一个过程的完成；也可指依靠努力达到一定目的，或取得一定的结果。

People are often hesitant to terminate a project when they've already invested time or resources into it, even if it might make logical sense to do so.

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Your contract of employment terminates in December.

你的聘约十二月份到期。

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The agreement was terminated immediately.

那项协议立即被终止了。

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to terminate a pregnancy (= to perform or have an abortion )

终止妊娠（堕胎）

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This train terminates at London Victoria.

这趟列车的终点站是伦敦维多利亚火车站。

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Her next remark abruptly terminated the conversation...

她接下来说的话使谈话戛然而止。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His contract terminates at the end of the season.

他的合同在本赛季末终止。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

After a lot of agonizing she decided to terminate the pregnancy...

经历一番痛苦挣扎后，她决定终止妊娠。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In the world as a whole, about ten per cent of all pregnancies are terminated.

从全世界看来，所有怀孕的人中约 10% 的妊娠被终止了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

This train will terminate at Taunton.

这列火车的终点站是汤顿。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The meeting terminate at 10 o'clock.

会议在十点钟结束.

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Click or press ESCAPE to terminate rotation.

点击鼠标或按下ESC键终止旋转.

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Preparing items for upload to the Roaming Access server. Press cancel to terminate the upload.

正在准备需要上载到“漫游访问”服务器中的项目. 按“取消”可以终止上载操作.

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The employer requires to terminate the contract.

老板要求终止合同.

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You should provide a means for the user to terminate input prior to entering 10 scores.

您应该提供一个方法让用户在输入10个分数之前停止输入.

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This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without notice by either party to the other, when it expires.

合同到期后, 无须通知任何一方, 将自动终止.

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The CARETAKER may terminate an employment contract without prior notice under any of the following circumstances.

甲方于契约期间内,如有下列情形之一者,乙方得立即要求终止契约.

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Without approval from the municipal government, an operation unIt'shall not suspend or terminate operation services.

运营单位未经市政府批准不得中止或者终止运营服务.

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Article 72 Commercial banks should terminate their operations upon a disbandment, dismantlement and bankruptcy.

第七十二条商业银行因解散 、 撤销和被宣告破产而终止.

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The death of the offeree or offeror may terminate an offer.

受要约人或要约人的死亡将可能使要约终止.

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Every summer a number of boys terminate their youthful career in a watery grave.

每年夏天,都有若干名男孩子把年轻有为的一生埋葬在水中.

《简明英汉词典》

Use a synchronization object instead to signal the thread to terminate in Programming . NET Components.

不湜标记线程菂结束,而湜应苚同步对象去完成.

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Monitor and remotely terminate running application from across the network.

通过网络监视和远程终止运行的应用程序.

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We will to terminate the contract and a new supplier.

偶们不得不终止合约,另找供给商.

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Please mind the coming eastbound train will terminate at Chang Ying Station.

请注意,即将进站列车为以常营站为终点站的区间车.

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Our lives terminate as we keep silent on essential affairs?

我们的生命终止于---我们对要紧事事物沉默之时!

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Customer may not terminate the service without proper prior Written Notice duration shorter than specified herein.

客户将不能够少过三十天或没有书面通知之情况下终止必胜网互联网服务.

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We will have to terminate the contract and find a new supplier.

我们不得不终止合约,另找供应商.

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