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| 释义 | end1 /ehd; end/ n 1 farthest or last part: 端; 终点; 末梢： the end of a road/stick/line, etc; 路之终点 (杖，线等之末端); the house at the end of the street; 在街道末端的房屋; (attrib) (形容用法) the end house; 最末尾的房屋; 最后面的房屋; the end carriage, the last carriage in a train; 末节车(火车之末命车厢); the west/east end of a town, the parts in the west/east; 城之西(东)区; the ends of the earth, most remote parts, parts difficult of access. 最遥远的地方; 天涯海角。 beg in/start at the wrong end, in the wrong way, at a wrong point. 开始即错。 get hold of the wrong end of the stick, have a completely mistaken idea of what is intended or meant. 完全误解。 keep one's 'end up, (GB) continue cheerful, full of fighting spirit, in the face of difficulties, etc. (英)面对困难等时能保持愉快和战斗精神。 t s loose end. unoccupied, having nothing important or interesting to do. 无事可做。 on end, a upright: 竖起：直立着： Place the barrel/box on (its) end. 将这桶(箱子) 竖起来放。 The ghost story set their hair on end. 那个鬼故事使他们毛发竖立。 b continuously: 机绩地： two hours on end. 一连两小时。 end on, with the ends meeting: 两端相遇： The two ships collided end on, The stern (or bows) of one struck the stern (or bows) of the other. 这两条船的船尾(或船首)箱碰。 end to end. in a line with the ends touching: 头尾相接地成一行： Arrange the tables end to end. 把这些桌子街接着摆起来。 go (in) off the 'deep end. express strong feeling without trying to control it. 情绪失去控制; 变得非常激动。 make (both) ends meet, live within one's income; balance one's income with one's expenditure. 量入为出; 使收支相抵。 (reach) the end of the line/road, (fig) (reach) the point at which no more of what has happened before is possible or desirable. (喻)到此为止。 2 small piece that remains; remnant: 疫片; 贱余： candle ends; 蜡烛头; a cigarette end. 香烟头。 'end-papers, (usu) blank pages pasted to the inside covers of a book. 衬页(书籍卷首卷尾的空白页)。 0 odds(5). 3 finish; conclusion: 结束; 结局： at the end of the day/the century; 在一日(世纪)之末; the end of a story/adventure. 故事(冒险 )■ 的结局。 We shall never hear the end of the matter. It will be talked about for a long time to come. 我们将永远听不到这件事情的结尾(在未来的长时期中，此事将谈论下去)。 (be) at an end; at the end (of): 结束; 穷尽; 到 … 之尽头. ： The war was at an end, finished. 战争结束了。 She was at the end of her patience/tether, had no patience left. 她已忍无可忍了。 He was at the end of his resources. 他已智穷力竭(山穷水尽)了。 come to an end, finish: 结束; 完毕： The meeting came to an end at last. 会让终于富束了。 come to a bad end, be led by one's actions to ruin, disgrace, punishment, etc: 遭到恶报; 得到报应： If you don't give up crime, you'll come to a bad end, eg be sent to prison for life as a murderer. 如果你不停止犯罪，你会得到报应的(例如因行凶而被判处无期徒刑)。 draw to an end: As the year drew to its end.... 当岁暮之时 make an end of sth; put an end to sth, finish it, get rid of it (according to context): 结束一事; 消除一事物(根据上下文确定其意义)： e must put an end to these abuses. 我们必须除去这些弊端。 Death put an end to his wicked career. 死亡结束了他邪恶的一生。 in the end. finally, at last: 最后; 终于： He tried many ways of earning a living; in the end he became a farm labourer. 他尝试过许多谋生的方式，最后他做了养场工人。 no end of, (colloq) very many or much, very great, etc: (俗)很多; 非常： We met no end of interesting people. 我们遇到很多有趣的人。 He thinks no end of himself, has a high opinion of his abilities, etc. 他自命不凡。 without end. never reaching an end: 无尽的; 无休止的： We had trouble without end. 我 ffl 有无尽的困难。 4 death: 死亡： He's nearing his end, is dying. 他就死期不远了。 She came to an untimely end, died young. 她夭折了。 5 purpose, aim: 目的; 目标： gain/ win/achieve one's end(s); 达到目的; With this end in view; 以此为目的; for/to this end; 为达到此一目的; to the end that, in order that; 为亍; 其目的在于; to no end, in vain. 无结果; 徒房。 The end justifies the means, (prov) for a good purpose even wrong or unfair methods may be allowed. (谚)只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 |
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