1 N-SING 最后部分;末尾 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. 最后部分;末尾
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The £5 banknote was first issued at the end of the 18th century. [+ of]
五英镑面值的钞票最早在18世纪末发行。
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The report is expected by the end of the year. [+ of]
预期年底提交报告。
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You will have the chance to ask questions at the end.
最后你会有提问的机会。
SYN close, ending, finish, expiry
2 V-ERG (使)结束;(使)终结 When a situation, process, or activity ends, or when something or someone ends it, it reaches its final point and stops. (使)结束;(使)终结
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The meeting quickly ended and Steve and I left the room. [VERB]
会议很快结束了,我和史蒂夫离开了房间。
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Talks have resumed to try to end the fighting. [VERB noun]
会谈重新开始,以期结束战斗。
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She began to weep. That ended our discussion. [VERB noun]
她哭了起来,我们的讨论到此结束。
SYN stop, finish, complete, resolve
3 N-COUNT [usually singular] 结束;终止;结果;结局 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. 结束;终止;结果;结局
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The French government today called for an end to the violence. [+ to]
今天法国政府呼吁结束暴力行为。
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I was worried she would walk out or bring the interview to an end.
我担心她会离场或者终止采访。
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Francis fined him two weeks' wages and said: 'That's the end of the matter.' [+ of]
弗朗西斯扣了他两个星期的工资,然后说:“事情到此为止。”
4 V-ERG 以…方式结束;终结 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. 以…方式结束;终结
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The markets ended the week on a quiet note. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
全球股市波澜不惊地结束了一周的交易。
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British Gas shares ended the day 1p up at 287p. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
英国天然气公司股价上涨1便士,以287便士收盘。
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The evening ended with a dramatic display of fireworks. [VERB prep.]
晚会以五彩斑斓的焰火表演结束。
5 VERB (一段时间)结束,终结 If a period of time ends, it reaches its final point. (一段时间)结束,终结
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Its monthly reports on program trading usually come out about three weeks after each month ends. [VERB]
程式交易月度报告通常在每月结束3周后出来。
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The first figure shows sales for week ending July 27. [VERB]
第一组数据显示截至7月27日的周销售量。
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They hired eight college graduates to start work after the college year ends in March. [VERB]
他们聘用了8名大学毕业生,他们将于3月份毕业后开始工作。
6 V-ERG (书、演说、表演等)以…为结尾,以…结束 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. (书、演说、表演等)以…为结尾,以…结束
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His statement ended with the words: 'Pray for me.'. [V + with/on]
他的声明以“为我祈祷”结束。
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The book ends on a lengthy description of Hawaii. [V + with/on]
这本书以对夏威夷的冗长描述为结尾。
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Dawkins ends his discussion with a call for liberation. [VERB noun + with]
道金斯以呼吁解放结束了他的论述。
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The memo ends: 'Please give this matter your most urgent attention.' [VERB with quote]
备忘录的结尾写道:“请将此事作为亟待处理事项。”
SYN finish, close, conclude, wind up
7 VERB 告终;收场 If a situation or event ends in a particular way, it has that particular result. 告终;收场
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The incident could have ended in tragedy. [VERB + in]
这起事件本会以悲剧收场。
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The match ended in a draw. [VERB in noun]
那场比赛以平局收场。
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Our conversations ended with him saying he would try to be more understanding. [VERB + with]
我们的谈话结束时,他说他会争取去多体谅别人。
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My own view is that we can have a relationship without worrying where it will end. [V adv/adj]
我自己的观点是:我们可以交往,不用担心结果会如何。
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Shares ended 1.7 per cent firmer on the Frankfurt exchange. [V adv/adj]
法兰克福交易所收盘时股票上涨了1.7%。
8 N-COUNT 末端;尽头 The two ends of something long and narrow are the two points or parts of it that are furthest away from each other. 末端;尽头
SYN extremity, limit, edge, border
9 N-COUNT 末端;末梢;尖端 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. 末端;末梢;尖端
SYN tip, point, head, peak
10 VERB 尖端有;最后部分是 If an object ends with or in a particular thing, it has that thing on its tip or point, or as its last part. 尖端有;最后部分是
11 VERB (河流等)终止,停住 A journey, road, or river that ends at a particular place stops there and goes no further. (河流等)终止,停住 [Also VERB]
12 N-COUNT (等级的)一端,一头 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. (等级的)一端,一头
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At the other end of the social scale was the grocer, the village's only merchant. [+ of]
社会等级的另一端是杂货店老板,村里唯一的商人。
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The agreement has been criticised by extremist groups on both ends of the political spectrum. [+ of]
协议遭到了极左翼和极右翼极端团体的批评。
13 N-COUNT (联系、旅行等的)一端,一方,一头 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. (联系、旅行等的)一端,一方,一头
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When he answered the phone, Ferguson was at the other end.
他接电话时,电话那一端是弗格森。
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There was silence at the other end of the line.
电话那头没有声音。
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Make sure to meet them at the other end.
确保在另一边与他们会合。
14 N-COUNT [usually singular] (项目、工作的)部分,方面 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. (项目、工作的)部分,方面 [spoken]
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You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine.
你管好你的事,孩子,我会管好我的。
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Let's go up to the office and settle the business end of things.
咱们上楼到办公室去把公事搞定。
15 N-COUNT 目的;意图 An end is the purpose for which something is done or towards which you are working. 目的;意图
SYN purpose, point, reason, goal
16 VERB 只存在于,仅限于(某一点) 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. 只存在于,仅限于(某一点)
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Helen is also 25 and from Birmingham, but the similarity ends there. [VERB adv./prep.]
海伦也是25岁,也来自伯明翰,但是相同之处仅此而已。
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Does responsibility end at the fitting of car seats? [VERB adv./prep.]
只负责安装好汽车座椅吗?
17 N-COUNT [usually singular] 辞世;去世 You can refer to someone's death as their end, especially when you are talking about the way that they died or might die. 辞世;去世 [literary]
SYN death, dying, ruin, destruction
18 VERB 结果是;最后是 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. 结果是;最后是
19 PHRASE 自杀;一了百了 If someone ends it all, they kill themselves. 自杀;一了百了
20 PHRASE 把…都比下去 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. 把…都比下去
21 PHRASE 结束;终结 If something is at an end, it has finished and will not continue. 结束;终结
22 PHRASE 结束 If something comes to an end, it stops. 结束
23 PHRASE 最终;到头来 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. 最终;到头来 [informal]
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At the end of the day it's up to the Germans to decide.
最终得由德国人来作决定。
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At the end of the day, the board's not going to be too concerned with three or four more dollars.
到头来,董事会不会太操心多花了几个钱。
24 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 变得神志不清;变得不正常 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. 变得神志不清;变得不正常 [informal]
25 PHRASE (使)落入一无所知的无助境地 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. (使)落入一无所知的无助境地 [mainly British]
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It's a superb job. You get thrown in at the deep end and it's all down to you.
那是一份绝好的工作。你就像被抛到了泳池的深水区,一切都要靠自己。
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The reason many people fail on diets is that they jump in at the deep end, making a complete change to their eating habits.
很多人节食失败的原因是他们对节食一窍不通,一下子完全改变了饮食习惯。
26 PHRASE [to/until PHR] 坚持到底 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. 坚持到底
27 PHRASE 最后;终于 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. 最后;终于
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I toyed with the idea of calling the police, but in the end I didn't.
我拿不定主意是否报警,但最后还是没报。
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Benny thought the president was sincere and sensitive, but, in the end, that's not what counts.
本尼认为总统很诚恳,会体谅人,但归根结底那些都没有用。
28 PHRASE 本身就值得做 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. 本身就值得做
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While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end in itself.
尽管他原本是为了学习而旅行,但旅行过程本身也是一种享受。
29 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 坚持下去;尽自己的本分;做好自己的本职工作 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. 坚持下去;尽自己的本分;做好自己的本职工作 [informal]
30 PHRASE 使收支相抵;勉强维持生计 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. 使收支相抵;勉强维持生计
SYN manage, cope, make do, scrape by
31 PHRASE 非常;许多 No end means a lot. 非常;许多 [informal]
32 PHRASE 连续地;持续地 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. 连续地;持续地
33 PHRASE 竖着;直立着 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. 竖着;直立着
34 PHRASE 终止;结束 To put an end to something means to cause it to stop. 终止;结束
35 PHRASE 尽头;终点;末日 If a process or person has reached the end of the road, they are unable to progress any further. 尽头;终点;末日
36 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb] 永远;一直 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. 永远;一直 [emphasis]
37 PHRASE 不是世界末日;没那么可怕 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. 不是世界末日;没那么可怕
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Obviously I'd be disappointed if we don't make it, but it wouldn't be the end of the world.
显然,如果我们做不到我会失望,但这也不会是世界末日。
38 the end of your tether→see: tether to burn the candle at both ends→see: candle to make your hair stand on end→see: hair a means to an end→see: means to be on the receiving end→see: receive to get the wrong end of the stick→see: stick to come to a sticky end→see: sticky to be at your wits’ end→see: wit
Quotations
The end must justify the means Matthew Prior Hans Carvel
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Thesaurus | end Also look up: |
N. | close, conclusion, finale, finish, stop; (ant.) beginning 1 3 |
VERB. | conclude, finish, wrap up 2 4 |
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