terminate
英 ['tɜːmɪneɪt]
美['tɝmɪnet]
- vt. 使终止；使结束；解雇
- vi. 结束，终止；结果
- adj. 结束的
英英释意
- 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"
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. This train will terminate at Taunton.
- 这列火车的终点站是汤顿。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. You have no right to terminate the contract.
- 你无权终止合同.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Many adverbs terminate in - ly.
- 许多副词以“ly” 结尾.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》