及物动词
不及物动词
1. (使)终止;(使)结束
When you terminate something or when it terminates, it ends completely.
1. bring to an end or halt
e.g. 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 WW I
Synonym: end
2. terminate the employment of
discharge from an office or position
e.g. The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
Synonym: displacefiregive noticecandismissgive the axesend awaysackforce outgive the sack
3. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
either spatial or metaphorical
e.g. 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
4. be the end of
be the last or concluding part of
e.g. This sad scene ended the movie
Synonym: end