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- attrib. of, forming, or situated at the end or extremity of something末端的; 终点的; 结尾的; 极限的：
a terminal date
最后日期
the terminal tip of the probe.
探针的最顶端。
1.1
- of or forming a transport terminal（运输）终点（站）的：
terminal platforms.
终点站月台。
1.2
- Zoology situated at, forming, or denoting the end of a part or series of parts furthest from the centre of the body【动】末端的, 远端的。
1.3
- Botany (of a flower, inflorescence, etc.) borne at the end of a stem or branch.【植】（花朵等）顶生的。常与AXILLARY相对。
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- (of a disease) predicted to lead to death, especially slowly; incurable（疾病）末期的, 晚期的; 不治的, 致命的：
terminal cancer.
晚期癌症。
2.1
- attrib. suffering from or relating to such a disease患不治之症的; 与不治之症有关的：
a hospice for terminal cases.
晚期病人的临终收容所。
2.2
- attrib.(of a condition) forming the last stage of such a disease（病状）已达晚期的。
2.3
- informal extreme and usually beyond cure or alteration (used to emphasize the extent of something regarded as bad or unfortunate)〈非正式〉无可救药的; 不可挽回的：
you're making a terminal ass of yourself.
你可出尽了洋相。
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- done or occurring each school, college, university, or law term学期的; 期末的; 按期的; 定期的; 终止的：
terminal examinations.
期末考试。
1
- an end or extremity of something, in particular末端; 终点; 极限, 尤指：
1.1
- the end of a railway or other transport route, or a station at such a point（铁路等运输线路的）终点（站）; 终端。
1.2
- a departure and arrival building for air passengers at an airport（机场的）候机楼; 航站大楼。
1.3
- an installation where oil or gas is stored at the end of a pipeline or at a port（石油, 天然气的）集散站; 存储码头（终端）。
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- a point of connection for closing an electric circuit（电的）端子。
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- a device at which a user enters data or commands for a computer system and which displays the received output（计算机）终端（设备）。
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- Brit. a patient suffering from a terminal illness〈英〉晚期病人。
派生词
terminally
adverb一个病入膏肓的女人。
词源
early 19th cent.: from Latin terminalis, from terminus 'end, boundary'.