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end n.结束；末端；目标；死亡；部分；终点站；端点；半边球场；剩余物，残余；过世v.终止，结束 (1) 这一仗使这场战争终告结束。(2) 在影片的结尾，主人公伤心地哭了。(3) 他在绳子末端打了个结。(4) 他要是采用和平手段的话就会完成他的目标。(5) 他遭不测而过早死亡。(6) 我们需要有人管理本公司的销售部。(7) 琼打算在那边终点站接我。(8) 我接了电话，但线那头没有人。(9) 他把烟头丢在地上。(10) 他英年早逝。(11) 他在滑铁卢战役中阵亡。(12) 那场争辩以大吵大闹收场。(13) 他们唱支歌结束了晚会。 A piece of string has two ends, while stories, races, and years have just one end each. When you buy a length of fabric, the leftover bit is an end, and the final point of almost anything — a play or a marriage — is also an end. When you end something, you make it conclude. In football, an "end zone" is the far side of the field, and a "defensive end" is a player near the sideline.

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英 [end] 美 [end] (1) The battle finally brought the war to an end.(2) At the end of the film, the hero wept bitterly.(3) He makes a knot in the end of the string.(4) He could have achieved his ends by peaceful means.(5) He came to an untimely end by accident.(6) We need someone to handle the marketing end of the business.(7) Jean is going to meet me at the other end.(8) I answered the phone but there was no one at the other end.(9) He threw his cigarette end on the floor.(10) He came to an untimely end.(11) He met his end at the Battle of Waterloo.(12) The debate ended in uproar.(13) They ended the party off with a song. The end of something is its final point or farthest edge. After your cat unwinds a ball of yarn, you may find one end of it in your kitchen and the other end upstairs in the bathroom. 1[N-SING 单数名词]最后部分；末尾 The end of something such as a period of time, an event, a book, or a film is the last part of it or the final point in it.   [the N]The £5 banknote was first issued at the end of the 18th century...五英镑面值的钞票最早在18世纪末发行。The report is expected by the end of the year...预期年底提交报告。You will have the chance to ask questions at the end.最后你会有提问的机会。2[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）结束；（使）终结 When a situation, process, or activity ends, or when something or someone ends it, it reaches its final point and stops.   [V]  [V n]The meeting quickly ended and Steve and I left the room...会议很快结束了，我和史蒂夫离开了房间。Talks have resumed to try to end the fighting...会谈重新开始，以期结束战斗。She began to weep. That ended our discussion.她哭了起来，我们的讨论到此结束。endingThe ending of a marriage by death is different in many ways from an ending occasioned by divorce.因死亡而结束婚姻和因离婚而结束婚姻有多方面的不同。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]结束；终止；结果；结局 An end to something or the end of it is the act or result of stopping it so that it does not continue any longer.   [usu sing]The French government today called for an end to the violence...今天法国政府呼吁结束暴力行为。I was worried she would walk out or bring the interview to an end...我担心她会离场或者终止采访。Francis fined him two weeks' wages and said: 'That's the end of the matter.'弗朗西斯扣了他两个星期的工资，然后说：“事情到此为止。”4[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]以…方式结束；终结 If you say that someone or something ends a period of time in a particular way, you are indicating what the final situation was like. You can also say that a period of time ends in a particular way.   [V n prep/adv]  [V prep]  [Also V n by -ing]The markets ended the week on a quiet note...全球股市波澜不惊地结束了一周的交易。British Gas shares ended the day 1p up at 287p...英国天然气公司股价上涨1便士，以287便士收盘。The evening ended with a dramatic display of fireworks.晚会以五彩斑斓的焰火表演结束。5[VERB 动词]（一段时间）结束，终结 If a period of time ends, it reaches its final point.   [V]Its monthly reports on program trading usually come out about three weeks after each month ends...程式交易月度报告通常在每月结束3周后出来。The first figure shows sales for week ending July 27.第一组数据显示截至7月27日的周销售量。They hired eight college graduates to start work after the college year ends in March.他们聘用了8名大学毕业生，他们将于3月份毕业后开始工作。6[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](书、演说、表演等)以…为结尾，以…结束 If something such as a book, speech, or performance ends with a particular thing or the writer or performer ends it with that thing, its final part consists of the thing mentioned.   [V with/on n]  [V n with/on n]  [V with quote]His statement ended with the words: 'Pray for me.'...他的声明以“为我祈祷”结束。The book ends on a lengthy description of Hawaii...这本书以对夏威夷的冗长描述为结尾。Dawkins ends his discussion with a call for liberation...道金斯以呼吁解放结束了他的论述。The memo ends: 'Please give this matter your most urgent attention.'备忘录的结尾写道：“请将此事作为亟待处理事项。”7[VERB 动词]告终；收场 If a situation or event ends in a particular way, it has that particular result.   [V in n]  [V with n -ing]  [V adv/adj]The incident could have ended in tragedy...这起事件本会以悲剧收场。The match ended in a draw...那场比赛以平局收场。Our conversations ended with him saying he would try to be more understanding...我们的谈话结束时，他说他会争取去多体谅别人。My own view is that we can have a relationship without worrying where it will end...我自己的观点是：我们可以交往，不用担心结果会如何。Shares ended 1.7 per cent firmer on the Frankfurt exchange.法兰克福交易所收盘时股票上涨了1.7%。8[N-COUNT 可数名词]末端；尽头 The two ends of something long and narrow are the two points or parts of it that are furthest away from each other.   [with supp]The company is planning to place surveillance equipment at both ends of the tunnel...该公司计划在隧道两端安装监视设备。A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end.日光灯通常是一根两端装有金属电极的管子。9[N-COUNT 可数名词]末端；末梢；尖端 The end of a long, narrow object such as a finger or a pencil is the tip or smallest edge of it, usually the part that is furthest away from you.   [usu with supp]He tapped the ends of his fingers together...他同时轻轻地叩击着几根指尖。She let the long cone of ash hang at the end of her cigarette.她让长长的烟灰留在烟头上。10[VERB 动词]尖端有；最后部分是 If an object ends with or in a particular thing, it has that thing on its tip or point, or as its last part.   [V with/in n]It has three pairs of legs, each ending in a large claw.它有3对腿，每条腿上都有一只巨爪。11[VERB 动词]（河流等）终止，停住 A journey, road, or river that ends at a particular place stops there and goes no further.   [V prep/adv]  [Also V]The road ended at a T-junction...道路的尽头是一个丁字路口。The journey ends in the ancient city of Marrakesh.旅行的终点是马拉喀什古城。12[N-COUNT 可数名词](等级的)一端，一头 End is used to refer to either of the two extreme points of a scale, or of something that you are considering as a scale.   [with supp]At the other end of the social scale was the grocer, the village's only merchant...社会等级的另一端是杂货店老板，村里唯一的商人。The agreement has been criticised by extremist groups on both ends of the political spectrum.协议遭到了极左翼和极右翼极端团体的批评。13[N-COUNT 可数名词](联系、旅行等的)一端，一方，一头 The other end is one of two places that are connected because people are communicating with each other by telephone or writing, or are travelling from one place to the other.   [supp N]When he answered the phone, Ferguson was at the other end...他接电话时，电话那一端是弗格森。There was silence at the other end of the line...电话那头没有声音。Make sure to meet them at the other end.确保在另一边与他们会合。14[N-COUNT 可数名词](项目、工作的)部分，方面 If you refer to a particular end of a project or piece of work, you mean a part or aspect of it, for example a part of it that is done by a particular person or in a particular place.   [usu sing]  [SPOKEN 口语]You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine...你管好你的事，孩子，我会管好我的。Let's go up to the office and settle the business end of things.咱们上楼到办公室去把公事搞定。15[N-COUNT 可数名词]目的；意图 An end is the purpose for which something is done or towards which you are working.   [usu supp N]The police force is being manipulated for political ends...有人为了政治目的在操纵警方。Now the government is trying another policy designed to achieve the same end.现在政府正在尝试实现殊途同归的另一项政策。16[VERB 动词]只存在于，仅限于（某一点） If you say that something ends at a particular point, you mean that it is applied or exists up to that point, and no further.   [V adv/prep]Helen is also 25 and from Birmingham, but the similarity ends there...海伦也是25岁，也来自伯明翰，但是相同之处仅此而已。Does responsibility end at the fitting of car seats?只负责安装好汽车座椅吗？17[N-COUNT 可数名词]辞世；去世 You can refer to someone's death as their end, especially when you are talking about the way that they died or might die.   [usu sing]  [LITERARY 文]Soon after we had spoken to this man he had met a violent end.我们和这个人谈话之后没多久，他就死于非命了。18[VERB 动词]结果是；最后是 If you end by doing something or end in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.   [V by -ing]  [V adv/prep]They ended by making themselves miserable...结果是他们自找苦头。They'll probably end back on the streets.他们最后可能又会流落街头。19[PHRASE 短语]自杀；一了百了 If someone ends it all, they kill themselves.   [V inflects]He grew suicidal, thinking up ways to end it all.他萌生了自杀的念头，想出各种自我了断的办法。20[PHRASE 短语]把…都比下去 If you describe something as, for example, the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful, and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate.   [n PHR n]It was going to be a party to end all parties.这将成为最棒的聚会。...the sale to end all sales at Harrods.哈罗兹最大的一次特价促销21[PHRASE 短语]结束；终结 If something is at an end, it has finished and will not continue.   [v-link PHR]The court has passed sentence and the matter is now at an end...法庭已经作出了判决，现在这件事已经告一段落。The recession is definitely at an end.经济衰退无疑已经告终。22[PHRASE 短语]结束 If something comes to an end, it stops.   [V inflects]The cold war came to an end.冷战结束了。23[PHRASE 短语]最终；到头来 You say at the end of the day when you are talking about what happens after a long series of events or what appears to be the case after you have considered the relevant facts.   [PHR with cl]  [INFORMAL 非正式]At the end of the day it's up to the Germans to decide...最终得由德国人来作决定。At the end of the day, the board's not going to be too concerned with three or four more dollars.到头来，董事会不会太操心多花了几个钱。24[PHRASE 短语]变得神志不清；变得不正常 If you say that someone has gone off the deep end, you mean that their mind has stopped working in a normal way and their behaviour has become very strange as a result.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]I'm not sure she believes me. She probably just thinks I've gone off the deep end.我不确定她是不是相信我。她可能只是觉得我神志不清了。25[PHRASE 短语](使)落入一无所知的无助境地 If you are thrown in at the deep end, you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation. If you jump in at the deep end, you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation.   [V inflects]  [mainly BRIT 主英]It's a superb job. You get thrown in at the deep end and it's all down to you...那是一份绝好的工作。你就像被抛到了泳池的深水区，一切都要靠自己。The reason many people fail on diets is that they jump in at the deep end, making a complete change to their eating habits.很多人节食失败的原因是他们对节食一窍不通，一下子完全改变了饮食习惯。26[PHRASE 短语]坚持到底 If you do something to the bitter end or to the very end, you continue to do it for as long as you can, although it may be very unpleasant or dangerous.   [to/until PHR]We will fight to the bitter end to ensure our children get what is rightfully theirs.我们会斗争到底，确保我们的孩子得到理应属于他们的东西。27[PHRASE 短语]最后；终于 You say in the end when you are saying what is the final result of a series of events, or what is your final conclusion after considering all the relevant facts.   [PHR with cl]I toyed with the idea of calling the police, but in the end I didn't...我拿不定主意是否报警，但最后还是没报。Benny thought the president was sincere and sensitive, but, in the end, that's not what counts.本尼认为总统很诚恳，会体谅人，但归根结底那些都没有用。28[PHRASE 短语]本身就值得做 If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else.   [usu v-link PHR]While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end in itself.尽管他原本是为了学习而旅行，但旅行过程本身也是一种享受。29[PHRASE 短语]坚持下去；尽自己的本分；做好自己的本职工作 If you have to keep your end up, or to keep up your end of something, you have to do something as well as other people, or as well as you are expected to do it.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]I had to keep my end up with other professors in the faculty...我得和系里其他教授一起做好自己的本职工作。He had trouble keeping up his end of a technical discussion.他没能在一场技术探讨中坚持自己的立场。30[PHRASE 短语]使收支相抵；勉强维持生计 If you find it difficult to make ends meet, you can only just manage financially because you hardly have enough money for the things you need.   [make inflects]With Betty's salary they barely made ends meet.加上贝蒂的薪水，他们仅能勉强维持生计。31[PHRASE 短语]非常；许多 No end means a lot.   [PHR after v]  [INFORMAL 非正式]The problem was causing the poor woman no end of misery...那个问题给这个可怜的女人带来了很多痛苦。Teachers inform me that Tracey's behaviour has improved no end.老师们告诉我特雷西的行为大有改善。32[PHRASE 短语]连续地；持续地 When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end, it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned.   [pl-n PHR]He is a wonderful companion and we can talk for hours on end...他是个非常好的同伴，我们可以连续聊上好几个小时。I spend days on end in this studio.我一连几天呆在这个工作室里。33[PHRASE 短语]竖着；直立着 Something that is on end is upright, instead of in its normal or natural position, for example lying down, flat, or on its longest side.   [PHR after v]34[PHRASE 短语]终止；结束 To put an end to something means to cause it to stop.   [V inflects]Only a political solution could put an end to the violence.只有政治解决方案才能终结暴力。35[PHRASE 短语]尽头；终点；末日 If a process or person has reached the end of the road, they are unable to progress any further.   [PHR after v]Given the results of the vote, is this the end of the road for the hardliners in Congress?从选举结果来看，这是不是国会中强硬派的末日？36[PHRASE 短语]永远；一直 If you say that something will happen or be true until the end of time or to the end of time, you are emphasizing that it will always happen or always be true.   [PHR after v]  [emphasis]We can assume that the moon will continue to go around the earth until the end of time...我们可以认定月亮会一直不停地继续围绕地球旋转。I'll love her till the end of time.我会爱她直到永远。37[PHRASE 短语]不是世界末日；没那么可怕 If you say that something bad is not the end of the world, you are trying to stop yourself or someone else being so upset by it, by suggesting that it is not the worst thing that could happen.   [V inflects]Obviously I'd be disappointed if we don't make it, but it wouldn't be the end of the world.显然，如果我们做不到我会失望，但这也不会是世界末日。38  the end of your tether→see: tether； to burn the candle at both ends→see: candle； to make your hair stand on end→see: hair； a means to an end→see: means； to be on the receiving end→see: receive； to get the wrong end of the stick→see: stick； to come to a sticky end→see: sticky； to be at your wits’ end→see: wit； 相关词组：end up

英语单词	end
英美音标	英 [end] 美 [end]
中文释义	n.结束；末端；目标；死亡；部分；终点站；端点；半边球场；剩余物，残余；过世 v.终止，结束
英语例句	(1) The battle finally brought the war to an end. (2) At the end of the film, the hero wept bitterly. (3) He makes a knot in the end of the string. (4) He could have achieved his ends by peaceful means. (5) He came to an untimely end by accident. (6) We need someone to handle the marketing end of the business. (7) Jean is going to meet me at the other end. (8) I answered the phone but there was no one at the other end. (9) He threw his cigarette end on the floor. (10) He came to an untimely end. (11) He met his end at the Battle of Waterloo. (12) The debate ended in uproar. (13) They ended the party off with a song.
中文例句	(1) 这一仗使这场战争终告结束。 (2) 在影片的结尾，主人公伤心地哭了。 (3) 他在绳子末端打了个结。 (4) 他要是采用和平手段的话就会完成他的目标。 (5) 他遭不测而过早死亡。 (6) 我们需要有人管理本公司的销售部。 (7) 琼打算在那边终点站接我。 (8) 我接了电话，但线那头没有人。 (9) 他把烟头丢在地上。 (10) 他英年早逝。 (11) 他在滑铁卢战役中阵亡。 (12) 那场争辩以大吵大闹收场。 (13) 他们唱支歌结束了晚会。
vocabulary简明	The end of something is its final point or farthest edge. After your cat unwinds a ball of yarn, you may find one end of it in your kitchen and the other end upstairs in the bathroom.
vocabulary扩展	A piece of string has two ends, while stories, races, and years have just one end each. When you buy a length of fabric, the leftover bit is an end, and the final point of almost anything — a play or a marriage — is also an end. When you end something, you make it conclude. In football, an "end zone" is the far side of the field, and a "defensive end" is a player near the sideline.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]最后部分；末尾 The end of something such as a period of time, an event, a book, or a film is the last part of it or the final point in it. [the N] The £5 banknote was first issued at the end of the 18th century... 五英镑面值的钞票最早在18世纪末发行。 The report is expected by the end of the year... 预期年底提交报告。 You will have the chance to ask questions at the end. 最后你会有提问的机会。 2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）结束；（使）终结 When a situation, process, or activity ends, or when something or someone ends it, it reaches its final point and stops. [V] [V n] The meeting quickly ended and Steve and I left the room... 会议很快结束了，我和史蒂夫离开了房间。 Talks have resumed to try to end the fighting... 会谈重新开始，以期结束战斗。 She began to weep. That ended our discussion. 她哭了起来，我们的讨论到此结束。 ending The ending of a marriage by death is different in many ways from an ending occasioned by divorce. 因死亡而结束婚姻和因离婚而结束婚姻有多方面的不同。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]结束；终止；结果；结局 An end to something or the end of it is the act or result of stopping it so that it does not continue any longer. [usu sing] The French government today called for an end to the violence... 今天法国政府呼吁结束暴力行为。 I was worried she would walk out or bring the interview to an end... 我担心她会离场或者终止采访。 Francis fined him two weeks' wages and said: 'That's the end of the matter.' 弗朗西斯扣了他两个星期的工资，然后说：“事情到此为止。” 4 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]以…方式结束；终结 If you say that someone or something ends a period of time in a particular way, you are indicating what the final situation was like. You can also say that a period of time ends in a particular way. [V n prep/adv] [V prep] [Also V n by -ing] The markets ended the week on a quiet note... 全球股市波澜不惊地结束了一周的交易。 British Gas shares ended the day 1p up at 287p... 英国天然气公司股价上涨1便士，以287便士收盘。 The evening ended with a dramatic display of fireworks. 晚会以五彩斑斓的焰火表演结束。 5 [VERB 动词]（一段时间）结束，终结 If a period of time ends, it reaches its final point. [V] Its monthly reports on program trading usually come out about three weeks after each month ends... 程式交易月度报告通常在每月结束3周后出来。 The first figure shows sales for week ending July 27. 第一组数据显示截至7月27日的周销售量。 They hired eight college graduates to start work after the college year ends in March. 他们聘用了8名大学毕业生，他们将于3月份毕业后开始工作。 6 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](书、演说、表演等)以…为结尾，以…结束 If something such as a book, speech, or performance ends with a particular thing or the writer or performer ends it with that thing, its final part consists of the thing mentioned. [V with/on n] [V n with/on n] [V with quote] His statement ended with the words: 'Pray for me.'... 他的声明以“为我祈祷”结束。 The book ends on a lengthy description of Hawaii... 这本书以对夏威夷的冗长描述为结尾。 Dawkins ends his discussion with a call for liberation... 道金斯以呼吁解放结束了他的论述。 The memo ends: 'Please give this matter your most urgent attention.' 备忘录的结尾写道：“请将此事作为亟待处理事项。” 7 [VERB 动词]告终；收场 If a situation or event ends in a particular way, it has that particular result. [V in n] [V with n -ing] [V adv/adj] The incident could have ended in tragedy... 这起事件本会以悲剧收场。 The match ended in a draw... 那场比赛以平局收场。 Our conversations ended with him saying he would try to be more understanding... 我们的谈话结束时，他说他会争取去多体谅别人。 My own view is that we can have a relationship without worrying where it will end... 我自己的观点是：我们可以交往，不用担心结果会如何。 Shares ended 1.7 per cent firmer on the Frankfurt exchange. 法兰克福交易所收盘时股票上涨了1.7%。 8 [N-COUNT 可数名词]末端；尽头 The two ends of something long and narrow are the two points or parts of it that are furthest away from each other. [with supp] The company is planning to place surveillance equipment at both ends of the tunnel... 该公司计划在隧道两端安装监视设备。 A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end. 日光灯通常是一根两端装有金属电极的管子。 9 [N-COUNT 可数名词]末端；末梢；尖端 The end of a long, narrow object such as a finger or a pencil is the tip or smallest edge of it, usually the part that is furthest away from you. [usu with supp] He tapped the ends of his fingers together... 他同时轻轻地叩击着几根指尖。 She let the long cone of ash hang at the end of her cigarette. 她让长长的烟灰留在烟头上。 10 [VERB 动词]尖端有；最后部分是 If an object ends with or in a particular thing, it has that thing on its tip or point, or as its last part. [V with/in n] It has three pairs of legs, each ending in a large claw. 它有3对腿，每条腿上都有一只巨爪。 11 [VERB 动词]（河流等）终止，停住 A journey, road, or river that ends at a particular place stops there and goes no further. [V prep/adv] [Also V] The road ended at a T-junction... 道路的尽头是一个丁字路口。 The journey ends in the ancient city of Marrakesh. 旅行的终点是马拉喀什古城。 12 [N-COUNT 可数名词](等级的)一端，一头 End is used to refer to either of the two extreme points of a scale, or of something that you are considering as a scale. [with supp] At the other end of the social scale was the grocer, the village's only merchant... 社会等级的另一端是杂货店老板，村里唯一的商人。 The agreement has been criticised by extremist groups on both ends of the political spectrum. 协议遭到了极左翼和极右翼极端团体的批评。 13 [N-COUNT 可数名词](联系、旅行等的)一端，一方，一头 The other end is one of two places that are connected because people are communicating with each other by telephone or writing, or are travelling from one place to the other. [supp N] When he answered the phone, Ferguson was at the other end... 他接电话时，电话那一端是弗格森。 There was silence at the other end of the line... 电话那头没有声音。 Make sure to meet them at the other end. 确保在另一边与他们会合。 14 [N-COUNT 可数名词](项目、工作的)部分，方面 If you refer to a particular end of a project or piece of work, you mean a part or aspect of it, for example a part of it that is done by a particular person or in a particular place. [usu sing] [SPOKEN 口语] You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine... 你管好你的事，孩子，我会管好我的。 Let's go up to the office and settle the business end of things. 咱们上楼到办公室去把公事搞定。 15 [N-COUNT 可数名词]目的；意图 An end is the purpose for which something is done or towards which you are working. [usu supp N] The police force is being manipulated for political ends... 有人为了政治目的在操纵警方。 Now the government is trying another policy designed to achieve the same end. 现在政府正在尝试实现殊途同归的另一项政策。 16 [VERB 动词]只存在于，仅限于（某一点） If you say that something ends at a particular point, you mean that it is applied or exists up to that point, and no further. [V adv/prep] Helen is also 25 and from Birmingham, but the similarity ends there... 海伦也是25岁，也来自伯明翰，但是相同之处仅此而已。 Does responsibility end at the fitting of car seats? 只负责安装好汽车座椅吗？ 17 [N-COUNT 可数名词]辞世；去世 You can refer to someone's death as their end, especially when you are talking about the way that they died or might die. [usu sing] [LITERARY 文] Soon after we had spoken to this man he had met a violent end. 我们和这个人谈话之后没多久，他就死于非命了。 18 [VERB 动词]结果是；最后是 If you end by doing something or end in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to. [V by -ing] [V adv/prep] They ended by making themselves miserable... 结果是他们自找苦头。 They'll probably end back on the streets. 他们最后可能又会流落街头。 19 [PHRASE 短语]自杀；一了百了 If someone ends it all, they kill themselves. [V inflects] He grew suicidal, thinking up ways to end it all. 他萌生了自杀的念头，想出各种自我了断的办法。 20 [PHRASE 短语]把…都比下去 If you describe something as, for example, the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful, and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate. [n PHR n] It was going to be a party to end all parties. 这将成为最棒的聚会。 ...the sale to end all sales at Harrods. 哈罗兹最大的一次特价促销 21 [PHRASE 短语]结束；终结 If something is at an end, it has finished and will not continue. [v-link PHR] The court has passed sentence and the matter is now at an end... 法庭已经作出了判决，现在这件事已经告一段落。 The recession is definitely at an end. 经济衰退无疑已经告终。 22 [PHRASE 短语]结束 If something comes to an end, it stops. [V inflects] The cold war came to an end. 冷战结束了。 23 [PHRASE 短语]最终；到头来 You say at the end of the day when you are talking about what happens after a long series of events or what appears to be the case after you have considered the relevant facts. [PHR with cl] [INFORMAL 非正式] At the end of the day it's up to the Germans to decide... 最终得由德国人来作决定。 At the end of the day, the board's not going to be too concerned with three or four more dollars. 到头来，董事会不会太操心多花了几个钱。 24 [PHRASE 短语]变得神志不清；变得不正常 If you say that someone has gone off the deep end, you mean that their mind has stopped working in a normal way and their behaviour has become very strange as a result. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] I'm not sure she believes me. She probably just thinks I've gone off the deep end. 我不确定她是不是相信我。她可能只是觉得我神志不清了。 25 [PHRASE 短语](使)落入一无所知的无助境地 If you are thrown in at the deep end, you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation. If you jump in at the deep end, you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation. [V inflects] [mainly BRIT 主英] It's a superb job. You get thrown in at the deep end and it's all down to you... 那是一份绝好的工作。你就像被抛到了泳池的深水区，一切都要靠自己。 The reason many people fail on diets is that they jump in at the deep end, making a complete change to their eating habits. 很多人节食失败的原因是他们对节食一窍不通，一下子完全改变了饮食习惯。 26 [PHRASE 短语]坚持到底 If you do something to the bitter end or to the very end, you continue to do it for as long as you can, although it may be very unpleasant or dangerous. [to/until PHR] We will fight to the bitter end to ensure our children get what is rightfully theirs. 我们会斗争到底，确保我们的孩子得到理应属于他们的东西。 27 [PHRASE 短语]最后；终于 You say in the end when you are saying what is the final result of a series of events, or what is your final conclusion after considering all the relevant facts. [PHR with cl] I toyed with the idea of calling the police, but in the end I didn't... 我拿不定主意是否报警，但最后还是没报。 Benny thought the president was sincere and sensitive, but, in the end, that's not what counts. 本尼认为总统很诚恳，会体谅人，但归根结底那些都没有用。 28 [PHRASE 短语]本身就值得做 If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else. [usu v-link PHR] While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end in itself. 尽管他原本是为了学习而旅行，但旅行过程本身也是一种享受。 29 [PHRASE 短语]坚持下去；尽自己的本分；做好自己的本职工作 If you have to keep your end up, or to keep up your end of something, you have to do something as well as other people, or as well as you are expected to do it. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] I had to keep my end up with other professors in the faculty... 我得和系里其他教授一起做好自己的本职工作。 He had trouble keeping up his end of a technical discussion. 他没能在一场技术探讨中坚持自己的立场。 30 [PHRASE 短语]使收支相抵；勉强维持生计 If you find it difficult to make ends meet, you can only just manage financially because you hardly have enough money for the things you need. [make inflects] With Betty's salary they barely made ends meet. 加上贝蒂的薪水，他们仅能勉强维持生计。 31 [PHRASE 短语]非常；许多 No end means a lot. [PHR after v] [INFORMAL 非正式] The problem was causing the poor woman no end of misery... 那个问题给这个可怜的女人带来了很多痛苦。 Teachers inform me that Tracey's behaviour has improved no end. 老师们告诉我特雷西的行为大有改善。 32 [PHRASE 短语]连续地；持续地 When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end, it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned. [pl-n PHR] He is a wonderful companion and we can talk for hours on end... 他是个非常好的同伴，我们可以连续聊上好几个小时。 I spend days on end in this studio. 我一连几天呆在这个工作室里。 33 [PHRASE 短语]竖着；直立着 Something that is on end is upright, instead of in its normal or natural position, for example lying down, flat, or on its longest side. [PHR after v] 34 [PHRASE 短语]终止；结束 To put an end to something means to cause it to stop. [V inflects] Only a political solution could put an end to the violence. 只有政治解决方案才能终结暴力。 35 [PHRASE 短语]尽头；终点；末日 If a process or person has reached the end of the road, they are unable to progress any further. [PHR after v] Given the results of the vote, is this the end of the road for the hardliners in Congress? 从选举结果来看，这是不是国会中强硬派的末日？ 36 [PHRASE 短语]永远；一直 If you say that something will happen or be true until the end of time or to the end of time, you are emphasizing that it will always happen or always be true. [PHR after v] [emphasis] We can assume that the moon will continue to go around the earth until the end of time... 我们可以认定月亮会一直不停地继续围绕地球旋转。 I'll love her till the end of time. 我会爱她直到永远。 37 [PHRASE 短语]不是世界末日；没那么可怕 If you say that something bad is not the end of the world, you are trying to stop yourself or someone else being so upset by it, by suggesting that it is not the worst thing that could happen. [V inflects] Obviously I'd be disappointed if we don't make it, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. 显然，如果我们做不到我会失望，但这也不会是世界末日。 38 the end of your tether→see: tether ； to burn the candle at both ends→see: candle ； to make your hair stand on end→see: hair ； a means to an end→see: means ； to be on the receiving end→see: receive ； to get the wrong end of the stick→see: stick ； to come to a sticky end→see: sticky ； to be at your wits’ end→see: wit ；相关词组： end up

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