terminate

['tə:mineit]

v.结束, 终止, 满期, 达到终点

vt.

1. 使停止, 使结束; 使终止; 使结尾

They have terminated the contract.

他们已中止了合同。

2. 【美】免……的职, 解雇

During the economic recession the factory terminated a large number of workers.

经济衰退时期这家工厂解雇了许多工人。

vi.

1. 结束; 终止[Q]

The conference terminated yesterday.

会议于昨天结束。

2. 结果[(+in)]

The airplane terminates here.

这班班机的终点站在这里。

3. 【美】解雇雇员

词形变化

动词过去式: terminated | 动词过去分词: terminated | 动词现在分词: terminating | 动词第三人称单数: terminates |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.结束; 终止

end  finish  close  conclude  stop  cease  complete  

同义参见:

stem  close  through  culminate  abort  fulfil  

反义参见:

lengthen  

英英释义

动词 terminate:

bring to an end or halt

同义词：end

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

同义词：end, stop, finish, cease

be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

同义词：end

terminate the employment of

同义词：fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack

补充

terminateterminate英:[ˈtə:mineit] 美:[ˈtɚməˌnet]vt. & vi.1.结束; 使终结The conference terminated yesterday.会议昨天结束了。You have no right to terminate the contract.你无权终止合同。

例句

1. Her next remark abruptly terminated the conversation.她接下来的评论使谈话戛然而止。 2. She may regret terminating her contract.她可能会后悔终止合同。 3. She made the tough decision to terminate the pregnancy.经历一番痛苦挣扎后, 她决定终止妊娠。 4. His contract terminates at the end of the season.他的合同在本赛季末终止。 5. This train will terminate at Taunton.这列火车的终点站是汤顿。 6. to terminate a partnership终止伙伴关系 7. We terminated the meeting at 11 o'clock.我们在11点钟结束了会议。 8. The gallery is terminated by a staircase.走廊尽头是楼梯。 9. The letter “s” terminates most plural nouns.大多数复数名词以字母“S”结尾。 10. He was terminated last week.他上星期被解雇了。 11. The meeting terminated at 12 o'clock.会议于12点结束。 12. The contract terminates in September.合同九月到期。 13. a road terminating in woods尽头为森林的路 14. The game terminated in a victory for Italian team.比赛以意大利队获胜告终。 15. he was advised to terminate the contract.人们建议他终止这份合同。 16. the chain terminated in an iron ball covered with spikes.链条的尾端是一个布有大钉的铁球。 17. the train will terminate at Stratford.火车终点将是斯特拉特福德。 18. Adamson's putting pressure on me to terminate you.亚当森正给我施压要解雇你。 19. he was terminated by persons unknown.他被不明身份的人暗杀了。 20. The branches of that tree terminate in flower clusters.那棵树的枝杈末端开满花朵。 21. The rail line terminates in Boston.这条铁路线的终点站是波士顿。 22. terminate a pregnancy终止妊娠 23. You have to terminate the program before the computer will shut down properly.你必须先终止这个程序，电脑才能正常关闭。 24. His contract was terminated last month.他的合同于上个月终结。 25. They terminated their agreement.他们终止了协定。 26. He was terminated last month.他在上个月被解雇了。 27. Plans are being made to terminate unproductive employees.解雇低效员工的计划正在制订之中。