Terminate

(v. t.) To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

(v. t.) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.

(v. t.) Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.

(v. i.) To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.

(v. i.) To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.

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• I have nothing against him but such a spectacle must terminate. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Wires from the coil terminate on metal disks and are securely soldered there. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He was not fond of taking a leading part in such investigations as could never terminate in any degree of certainty. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I am sure that my nerves are all right and I think that when we terminate this of the bridge you would do well to go to the Gredos. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He had never seen the instrument that was to terminate his life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• How all this will terminate, I know not; but I had rather die, than return shamefully,--my purpose unfulfilled. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Our English adverbs do Not terminate in Mong, and We Pronounce the “ch” as if there were a “t” before it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• If Rose had--I cannot utter that word now--if this illness had terminated differently, how could you ever have forgiven yourself! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• A shower of tears terminated her sad harangue. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A struggle then began in the courts, which on October 4, 1892, terminated in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals (Edison Electric Light Company vs. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It terminated like the former; though something approaching to a ray, we could not tell whence, shed a very doubtful twilight in the space. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• These canes are terminated by tubes of pipe-clay, to prevent their being burnt, and other bamboo canes conduct the gas intended for lighting the streets, and into large apartments and kitchens. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• For quite half an hour we descended and then the shaft terminated abruptly in the dome of a mighty subterranean world. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The moon of May has not yet terminated. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• A is a steam pipe communicating with the boiler, B another pipe receiving steam from A through small holes and terminating in a cone. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He is terminating his work. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• By the candle she held was revealed a narrow passage, terminating in a narrow stair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Its mouth is closed with a cork through which is passed a metallic rod, terminating above in a knob and connected below with the inner coating by a chain or a piece of tinfoil. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Lower and lower sagged the bow until it became necessary to stop the engine to prevent our flight terminating in a swift dive to the ground. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• They climbed high trees as nimbly as a squirrel, for they had strong extended claws before and behind, terminating in sharp points, and hooked. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• A shout of laughter greeted his entrance; noisy at first, and terminating in Grace Poole's own goblin ha! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• An inclined tray terminates at its lower end in a furnace inclosure. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The great lantern, Fig. 45, is carried by a vertical shaft, which terminates at its lower end in a hollow drum, which latter floats in a bath of mercury. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Just below the end of the second, going down, the stone wall on the left terminates in an ornamental pilaster facing towards the Thames. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• A month's notice terminates my tenancy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• You and the Anselmo can take her when this terminates. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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