| 英语单词 | finality |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [faɪ'næləti] 美 [faɪ'næləti] |
| 中文释义 | n.定局 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I don't know what the finality is. (2) There was a note of finality in his voice. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我不知道最终的结局. (2) 他的话有斩钉截铁的意味。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Finality is the absolute, definite end. People often speak of the finality of death — nothing comes after it and nothing that came before it can be changed. |
| vocabulary扩展 | If someone speaks with absolute finality, he is not going to change his mind. The sound of a judge's gavel slamming down gives a sense of finality to his or her judgment. Because of its association with death and closure, finality often carries a somber undertone. It can also be used in conjunction with the end of a sports season. But even the finality of the seventh game of a classic World Series is usually forgotten by the time spring training rolls around. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]终结性;决定性;不可改变性 Finality is the quality of being final and impossible to change. If you say something with finality, you say it in a way that shows that you have made up your mind about something and do not want to discuss it further. [oft N [FORMAL 正式]
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