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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"
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