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🔑endend1 /ɛnd / noun [countable] - the farthest or last part of something; the place or time where something stops（某物的）末端，尽头；（某事的）结尾，结局◆the end of a road / room / piece of string路的尽头；房间的另一端；细绳的一头◆Go to the end of the line.到队列末尾去。◆My house is at the end of the street.我家在这条街的尽头。◆The man on the other end of the phone spoke so quietly that I didn't catch his name.电话那头的男子说话声音很小，我没听清他的名字。◆There are some seats at the far end of the room.在房间的另一端有几个座位。◆I'm going on vacation at the end of October.我十月底要去度假。◆He promised to give me an answer by the end of the week.他答应在周末之前给我答复。◆She couldn't wait to hear the end of the story.她迫不及待地想听到故事的结局。 OPP beginning
- (formal) an aim or purpose目的；目标◆They were prepared to do anything to achieve their ends.为了达到目的，他们愿意做任何事情。
 ●at an end (formal) finished or used up完结；终结；竭尽◆Her career is at an end.她的职业生涯到了尽头。●at the end of your ropehaving no more patience or strength失去耐心；筋疲力尽；智穷力竭●bring sth / come / draw to an end(to cause something) to finish（使）终止，结束◆The summer is coming to an end.夏天快结束了。●a dead end- a street that is only open at one end一头封死的街道；死胡同
- a point, situation, etc. from which you can make no further progress绝境；僵局◆a dead-end job (= one that offers no chance of promotion) 没有前途的工作
●end to endin a line with the ends touching首尾相连◆They put the tables end to end.他们把桌子首尾相连地排成一行。●in the endfinally; after a long period of time or series of events最终；终于◆He wanted to get home early, but in the end it was midnight before he left.他想早点回家，但最后午夜过了才离开。●loose endssmall parts of a project, etc. that are not finished yet未了结的部分；未完成的细枝末节◆We just have a few loose ends to tie up on that report.我们那篇报告只剩几处小的地方需要处理。●make ends meetto have enough money for your needs使收支相抵；足够维持生计◆It's hard for us to make ends meet.我们很难维持生计。●odds and ends (informal) small things of little value or importance零碎的事物；琐碎的东西●on end- in a vertical position竖着；直立着◆It'll fit if you stand it on end.如果把它竖起来就能放进去了。
- (used about time) continuously（时间）连续地，接连不断地◆He sits and reads for hours on end.他可以坐下来连续看几个小时的书。
●put an end to sthto stop something from happening anymore使终止；终结●get the short end of the stick (informal) to be treated unfairly, or to be forced to do something that no one else wants to do受到不公平待遇；被迫做苦差
🔑endend2 /ɛnd / verb [intransitive, transitive] end (in / with sth) (to cause something) to finish（使）结束，完成◆The road ends here.这条路就通到这儿。◆How does this story end?这故事是怎么结尾的？◆Most adverbs in English end in “-ly.”英语中多数副词以 -ly 结尾。◆I think we'd better end this conversation now.我想我们最好现在结束这次谈话。 OPP begin  ●end up (as sth)●end up (doing sth)to find yourself in a place / situation that you did not intend or expect（出乎意料地发现）最终处于，最终成为◆We got lost and ended up in a bad part of town.我们迷了路，最终发现到了城里一个很糟糕的地方。◆There was nothing to eat at home, so we ended up ordering a pizza.家里没什么可吃的，于是我们只好叫了比萨饼。 |