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end LAST POINTendn [C]the point in space or time beyond which something no longer exists, or a part of something that includes this point端，尽头;末尾;结束This cable should have a plug at one end and a socket at the other.这根电缆的一端该有插头，另一端则该有插座。We damaged the end of the piano when we moved it.我们搬钢琴时，把琴的顶端碰坏了。Get to the end of the queue and wait your turn like everyone else.去到队列末尾，像别人一样等着轮到你。Our house is the third from the end on the left.我们的房子是从左端数的第三幢。They've just bought the house at the end of the road.他们刚买了路头的那座房子。There is no point continuing with these negotiations as they have clearly reached the end of the road (= cannot continue).继续这些谈判已没有意义，因为显然已进入了死胡同。Austria's ski runs would circle the globe if they were joined end to end.如果把奥地利的滑雪道首尾相接，可以环地球一周。Is it safe to stand the computer on (its) end?将计算机倒置是否安全?He used to lock himself in his bedroom for hours on end (= continuously for several hours) and refuse to talk to anyone.他过去常把自己一连几小时地锁在卧室里，拒绝跟任何人讲话。The end of the film was much more exciting than I'd expected.影片结尾比我预料的刺激得多。Some people were in tears at the end of the film.影片结束时很多人都落了泪。This woman is innocent--end of story (= I am so certain about it that it is not worth talking about it any more).没说的，这女人肯定是无辜的。The project will be completed towards the end of the year.工程将在接近年底时竣工。I'm going to Berlin at the end of next week.下周末我将去柏林。Of course I will be taking advice on this matter, but in the end / (Br and Aus also) at the end of the day (= finally), it is up to me to decide what to do.对于这件事我当然会听取建议，但最终将由我决定怎么做。This latest injury must surely mean that her tennis career is now at an end (= finished).最近这次受伤毫无疑问意味着她的网球生涯现在结束了。We were thinking about going to Switzerland, but in the end (= the final result was) we went to Austria.我们原本打算去瑞士，但最终去了奥地利。Everyone wishes the war would come to an end (= finish) soon.每个人都希望战争早点结束。If you put an end to something, you stop it existing or happening any longer.结束，使终止The government intends to put an end to inflation once and for all.政府试图一劳永逸地终止通货膨胀。How can we put an end to the fighting?我们如何制止打架?Are dental charges the beginning of the end (= the first sign showing the finish) of free health care?看牙收费是不是免费医疗结束的第一个信号?If there were a nuclear war, it would be the end of the world (as we know it).如果发生核战争，(正如我们所知，)那将是世界末日。(fig.) I'm really hoping to win, but it won't be the end of the world (= extremely serious) if I don't.我的确希望能赢，但如果没赢，也没什么大不了。The statement said there would be no end to the violence until the terrorists demands were met.声明说，恐怖分子的要求不满足，暴力就不会停止。If you don't want the job, there's no end of (= unlimited) people willing to take your place.如果你不想要这份工作，愿意接替你的人不可计数。It would please Gray no end (= very much) if you wrote to her occasionally.如果你偶尔给格雷写写信，那会使她非常高兴。I'm afraid we've got some serious problems here. How do things look at your end (= from where you are) ?恐怕我们这儿有些严重的问题。你们那儿情况怎样?(fig.) You take care of the business end of things (= matters connected with business) and I'll deal with the publicity.你管业务方面的事，我来管宣传。Sometimes end is used to avoid saying death.最后一刻(有时用作死亡的委婉语)We were all by her bedside when the end finally came.当最后一刻最终到来时，我们都在她的床边。He met his end (= died) in a shoot-out with the police.他死于与警察的枪战之中。An end is also either of the two halves of a sports field.运动场地的一半The teams change ends at half-time so that neither side has an unfair advantage.比赛上半场结束后两队交换场地，这样就不会有哪一队不公平地占有优势。(Am) An end is also one of the two players in American football who begin play furthest from the ball.(美式橄榄球)边锋(Br) If you keep / hold your end up, you continue to deal with difficulties bravely and successfully.坚持，不泄气，勉力进行She's going to be in a wheelchair for another three months, but she's managing to keep her end up in spite of all the problems.她还要在轮椅里待3个月，但她不顾一切困难，尽量不泄气。At present it's hard to make ends meet (= manage on our income), but we'll be better off when Helen starts her new job.目前很难保持收支平衡，但海伦开始她的新工作后我们会好过些。An end product is what is produced by an activity, esp. by an industrial process.最终产物;制成品Every stage of production from obtaining raw materials to recycling end products is monitored for its environmental effects.生产的每一阶段，从获取原料到回收最终产物，其对环境的影响都受到监察。The end result of these changes will be more bureaucracy and fewer resources.这些变化的最终结果将是更多的官僚作风，更少的资源。The end user of something is the person or organization that uses it rather than an organization which trades in it.最后用户，直接用户The software can easily be modified to suit the particular needs of the end user.软件易于更改，以适应直接用户的特别需要。"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." (speech by Sir Winston Churchill, 1942)“现在，这不是终结。甚至不是终结的开端。但是，它也许是开端的终结。”(引自温斯顿·丘吉尔讲话)
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