1furthest part of sth末端ADJECTIVE | VERB + END | END + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bottom, lower底端;較低一端▸➤top, upper頂端;上端▸➤back, hind, rear, tail (figurative) 後端;後部;尾端◇I just caught the tail end of the movie.我只看到了電影的結尾。➤front前端▸➤extreme, far, very最遠端;遠端;最盡頭◇That's his wife sitting at the far end of the table.坐在桌子遠端的是他的妻子。➤opposite, other另一端▸➤round, square圓頭;方頭▸➤pointed, sharp尖頭▸➤cheap, low低檔;低端◇housebuyers at the cheap end of the market低端市場的購房者➤expensive, high高檔;高端▸➤deep, shallow (of a swimming pool游泳池)深水區;淺水區◇The company believes in throwing new employees in at the deep end with no training. (figurative) 該公司認為應該不經培訓就讓新員工從困難的部份做起。➤free, loose未固定的/鬆開的一端◇Take the free end of the rope and pass it through the hole.拿着繩子沒打結的一端穿過這個洞。◇The author tied up all the loose ends of the story in the final chapter. (figurative) 作者在最後一章對故事中所有未了結之處作了交待。➤west, western, etc.西端等◇the southern end of the lake湖的南端VERB + END➤come to, get to, reach到達盡頭◇Continue until you reach the end of the street.一直走到街的盡頭。➤block阻塞一端➤grab, grasp, take hold of抓住一端;握住一端➤join, tie連接端點;繫上端部◇Tie both ends of the string together.把繩子的兩端繫在一起。➤attach, connect連接端點➤cut, trim切去/剪去端部END + NOUN➤part, piece, portion, section尾部;末端➤table茶几➤panel, wall側板;端壁➤zone (in American football美式橄欖球)球門區PREPOSITION➤at the end在盡頭◇Turn into Hope Street and our house is right at the end.拐進希望大街,我們的房子就在盡頭。➤on end豎着◇Stand it on end (= upright).把它豎起來。PHRASES➤at one end在一端◇The rope was unfastened at one end.這個繩子有一端沒有繫上。➤change ends交換場地◇The teams changed ends at half time.兩隊在中場時交換了場地。➤close to the end, near the end接近終點;在終點附近▸➤end over end (NAmE) 上下顛倒◇The car was lifted up by the winds and tumbled end over end along the ground.汽車被風掀起,貼着地面翻滾。➤end of the spectrum範圍的端點◇The two parties represent opposite ends of the political spectrum.這兩個政黨代表了政治上的兩端。➤end to end首尾相連◇They arranged the tables end to end.他們將桌子連着排成一行。➤from end to end從一端到另一端◇The beach was filled from end to end with tanned bodies.整個海灘上到處都是曬得黑黝黝的身體。◇The famous Las Vegas Strip is about three miles from end to end.著名的拉斯維加斯大道全長約 3 英里。➤right at the end就在盡頭◇The bank is right at the end of the street.銀行就位於這條街的盡頭。➤split ends髮梢分叉◇You should have your hair trimmed every few weeks to get rid of split ends.你應該隔幾週就修剪一下頭髮,剪掉分叉的髮梢。end
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2last part of sth最後部份ADJECTIVE | VERB + END | END + VERB | END + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤abrupt, sudden突然結束▸➤early, premature, untimely提前/過早的/不合時機的結束◇The injury brought her career to an early end.受傷使她的職業生涯提早結束。➤dramatic, tragic戲劇性的/悲劇性的結尾➤inevitable必然的結局▸➤fitting適當的結束◇The award was a fitting end to a distinguished career.這個獎項為一個傑出的職業生涯畫上了完美的句號。VERB + END➤come to, get to, reach結束;終了◇The meeting finally came to an end at six.會議終於在 6 點結束了。◇I'll never get to the end of this book!我永遠也看不完這本書了!➤approach, draw to, near接近尾聲;即將結束◇As the evening was drawing to an end, the firework display took place.晚會接近尾聲,煙花表演開始了。➤bring (sth to), put使 ( ⋯ ) 結束◇Talks were in progress to bring an end to the fighting.停戰談判正在進行中。➤call for, demand呼籲/要求結束◇call for an end to the violence呼籲停止暴力➤announce, declare宣佈結束➤celebrate慶祝結束➤mark, mean, signal, signify, spell標誌着結束;意味着結束;預示着結束➤catch, see, watch趕上/看到/觀看結尾◇I only caught the end of the game.我只看到了比賽的結尾。END + VERB➤be in sight結束在望◇There's no end in sight to the present crisis.看不到目前危機消弭的跡象。END + NOUN➤user最終用戶➤point終點▸➤product, result最後產物;最終結果◇The movie's backers were delighted with the end product.影片投資者對最終的成片很滿意。➤credits (= of a film/movie, etc.)片尾字幕PREPOSITION➤at an end完結◇The proceedings are expected to be at an end by 6 p.m.會議預計下午 6 點結束。➤at the end終了時◇They get married at the end of the movie.電影結尾處他們結婚了。➤by the end到末尾◇He wants the reports by the end of the month.他要在月底見到報告。➤in the end最終◇In the end, they decided to spend Christmas at home.最終他們決定在家裏過聖誕節。➤to the end到最後◇He won't win, but he'll keep fighting to the end.他不會贏,但會戰鬥到底。➤towards/toward the end接近結束◇I was getting bored towards / toward the end of the talk.演講快結束的時候我變得厭倦起來。➤till the end, until the end直到末尾◇I'm staying until the end of this week.我將待到週末。➤up to the end一直到末尾◇It stayed hot right up to the end of September.炎熱的天氣一直持續到 9 月底。➤end to⋯的終結◇What the business community wants is an end to the recession.商界希望的就是經濟衰退結束。PHRASES➤at the very end, right at the end就在最後;恰到結束處◇You don't know who the murderer is until right at the end of the book.直到讀到這本書的結尾,你才會知道兇手是誰。➤from beginning to end自始至終◇His story was one big lie from beginning to end.他的敍述是徹頭徹尾的謊言。➤the beginning of the end預示最後結果的先兆◇It wasn't the end of their marriage, but it was the beginning of the end.這並不是他們婚姻的結束,但卻是結束的先兆。➤the end of an era一個時代的結束◇Her death marks the end of an era.她的逝世標誌着一個時代的結束。➤the end of the line, the end of the road (bothfigurative) 生命的盡頭◇The loss of this contract could signal the end of the line for the shipyard.失去這份合同可能意味着這個造船廠的倒閉。➤to the bitter end, until the bitter end堅持到底◇We will fight this case to the bitter end.我們會把這場官司打到底。end
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3aim/purpose目標;目的ADJECTIVE | VERB + END | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤noble, worthwhile, worthy高尚的/值得花精力的/有價值的目標➤desirable, desired可取的/期望的目標➤ultimate最終目的▸➤destructive毀滅性目的▸➤practical, pragmatic實際目的;實用目的▸➤common共同目的◇Despite our differences, we were working to a common end.儘管有分歧,可我們致力於一個共同的目標。➤selfish自私的目的▸➤commercial, economic, ideological, political, social, utilitarian商業/經濟/意識形態的/政治/社會/功利主義的目標VERB + END➤accomplish, achieve, attain實現目標;達到目的◇She was prepared to lie in order to achieve her ends.為了達到目的她不惜撒謊。➤further, pursue, work to推進/追求/努力實現目標➤serve為目標服務➤become成為目標PREPOSITION➤to... ends為⋯目的◇The money might have been used to more worthy ends.這筆錢本可用於更有價值的方面。➤to this end為這一目的◇She wished to have a house built, and to this end she hired a local architect.她希望建所房子,因此請了一個本地的建築師。PHRASES➤an end in itself本身即是目的◇For her, shopping had become an end in itself.對她來說,購物本身就是目的。➤a means to an end達到目的的途徑◇I don't enjoy studying computing-it's just a means to an end.我不喜歡學計算機 - 只是把它作為一個途徑罷了。➤the end justifies the means目的正當就可不擇手段◇He defended a morality in which the end justifies the means.他為不擇手段達到正當目的的道德觀進行辯護。➤for your own ends, to your own ends為了自己的目的◇She is exploiting the current situation for her own ends.她正利用目前局勢來實現自己的目的。➤with this end in view (= in order to achieve this)為達到這個目的end
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4death死亡ADJECTIVE | VERB + END | END + VERBADJECTIVE➤sad, tragic慘死▸➤bad, horrible, sticky (informal, especially BrE) , violent不好的/可怕的/棘手的/以暴力結束的下場◇to come to a sticky (= unpleasant, but deserved) end活該落得這樣的下場◇He was bound to meet a violent end one day.他終有一天會死於非命。➤untimely早逝VERB + END➤come to, meet (literary) 喪命;身亡◇He met his end at the Battle of Little Big Horn.他在小大角河戰役中身亡。END + VERB➤come死亡來臨◇The end came when he collapsed after playing golf.他打完高爾夫球後暈倒死去。end
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ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤abruptly, suddenly突然結束◇The meeting ended abruptly when the chairman was called away.會議因主席被叫走而突然中止。➤prematurely提前結束▸➤at last, eventually, finally最終結束◇At last the war ended.戰爭總算結束了。➤all but, effectively, virtually幾乎/事實上/實際結束◇A back injury effectively ended her career.背部的傷實際上結束了她的職業生涯。➤inconclusively無果而終◇The peace talks have ended inconclusively.和平談判不了了之。➤never永不終結◇We thought they'd never end.我們覺得它們永遠不會結束。➤happily, peacefully, well幸福地終結;和平地結束;結局良好▸➤badly, disappointingly, unhappily糟糕地/令人失望地/不愉快地結束▸➤disastrously, tragically災難性地結束;悲慘地結束➤quickly快速結束PREPOSITION➤in以⋯告終◇The attempt finally ended in failure.這次嘗試最終以失敗告終。➤with以⋯結束◇The show ended with a song.演出在歌聲中結束。PHRASES➤end in disaster以災難收場◇The military action could end in disaster.這場軍事行動可能會以悲劇告終。➤end in tears (figurative) 不快而終◇After all that excitement the day was bound to end in tears (= unhappily).在所有的興奮過後,這一天注定要以不快而結束。➤end on a... note以 ... 的基調結束◇His speech ended on a positive note.他用肯定的語氣結束了演講。