ter·mi·nate
verb/ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/
/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they terminate | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it terminates | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪts/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple terminated | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle terminated | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form terminating | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to end; to make something end
（使）停止，结束，终止 - Your contract of employment terminates in December.
你的聘约十二月份到期。 - terminate something The agreement was terminated immediately.
那项协议立即被终止了。 - to terminate a pregnancy (= to perform or have an abortion)
终止妊娠（堕胎）
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1, Life stagesc1- His contract was abruptly terminated.
他的合同突然被终止了。 - The agreement was lawfully terminated under clause 34.
根据第 34 条之规定，协议被依法终止。 - This federal intervention effectively terminated the strike.
这次联邦干预有效地终止了罢工。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- abruptly
- prematurely
- immediately
- …
- be entitled to
- decide to
- the decision to terminate something
- the right to terminate something
- Your contract of employment terminates in December.
- [intransitive] (of a bus or train) to end a journey
到达终点站 - This train terminates at London Victoria.
这趟列车的终点站是伦敦维多利亚火车站。
- This train terminates at London Victoria.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘direct an action towards a specified end’): from Latin terminat- ‘limited, ended’, from the verb terminare, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.