end是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the part of a place or thing that is furthest away from the centre -- 末端，盡頭

  • This cable should have a plug at one end and a socket at the other. 這根電纜應該一端有插頭，另一端有插座。

  • We damaged the end of the piano when we moved it. 我們搬鋼琴時把鋼琴末端部分撞壞了。

  • Get to the end of the queue and wait your turn like everyone else. 到隊伍後面去排隊，像別人一樣按照順序等著。

  • Our house is the third from the end on the left. 我們家是從左邊倒數第三戶。

  • Is it safe to stand the computer on (its) end? 電腦豎著放安全嗎？

  • I always like to leave my desk clear at the end of the day. 我總是習慣在一天工作結束的時候把辦公桌上的東西都收起來。

  • The end of the play was much more exciting than I'd expected. 電影結尾比我預想的刺激多了。

  • This latest injury must surely mean that her tennis career is now at an end (= finished). 毫無疑問，最近這次受傷意味著她的網球運動生涯已到了盡頭。

  • The statement said there would be no end to the violence until the terrorists' demands were met. 聲明指稱，如果恐怖分子的要求得不到滿足，暴力就不會結束。

  • We were all by her bedside when the end finally came. 她臨終時，我們都守在她的床邊。

  • He met his end (= died) in a shoot-out with the police. 他在與警方的槍戰中喪命。

  • The teams change ends at half-time so that neither side has an unfair advantage. 兩隊在上半場結束時交換場地，這樣對任何一方都公平。

  • Having agreed upon the matter of payment, he brought the interview to an end. 在付款問題上達成一致之後，他結束了會面。

  • We were thinking about going to Switzerland, but in the end we went to Austria. 我們一直打算要去瑞士，可是最後卻去了奧地利。

  • He used to lock himself in his bedroom for hours on end and refuse to talk to anyone. 他過去常把自己鎖在臥室裡一呆就是幾個小時，不跟任何人說話。

  • Everyone wishes the war would come to an end soon. 每個人都希望戰爭儘快結束。

• 1 a small part of something that is left after most of it has been used -- 剩餘物；殘餘

  • She makes quilts out of fabric bolt ends. 她利用零頭布料做被子。

  • UK The floor was covered in cigarette ends. 地板上都是煙蒂。

• 2 an aim, intention, or purpose -- 目的；目標

  • Do you have a particular end in mind? 你心中有沒有一個明確的目標？

  • He wanted science students to take an interest in the arts, and to this end he ran literature classes at his home on Sunday afternoons. 他想讓理科學生也對文科産生興趣，爲此他星期天下午在自己家中開文學課。

• 3 the parts of a task or process connected with one particular type of activity or person -- （和某類活動或人相關的）部分，方面

  • Rick's more involved with the financial end of things. 瑞克參與更多的是財務方面的事務。

  • We've kept our end of the deal - let's see if they keep theirs. 我們把我們自己份內的事情做好了——看看他們能不能管好自己的事。

• 4 to finish or stop, or to make something finish or stop -- 使）結束；（使）停止

  • When is your meeting due to end? 你的會議預計甚麽時候結束？

  • Her resignation ends months of speculation about her future. 她的辭職爲數月來人們對她未來的種種揣測畫上了句號。

  • Their marriage ended in 1991. 他們的婚姻在1991年走到了盡頭。

  • The game ended in a draw. 比賽以平手告終。

  • I'd like to end with a song from my first album. 我想以我第一張專輯裡的一首歌來結束演出。

  • She ended her speech on an optimistic note. 她以樂觀的口吻結束了演講。