finish
英 ['fɪnɪʃ]
美 ['fɪnɪʃ]
- vt. 完成；结束；用完
- vi. 结束，终止；终结
- n. 结束；完美；回味（葡萄酒）
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
finish 完成来自拉丁语finis, 终结，边界，进一步来自拉丁语figere, 固定，标记，词源同fix.
- finish
- finish: [14] The Latin verb *fīnīre, a derivative of fīnis ‘end, limit’, signified ‘limit’ as well as ‘complete’, but it is the latter which has come down to English via feniss-, the stem of Old French fenir. The Latin past participle, fīnītus, gave English finite [15].
=> final, finance, fine, finite - finish (v.)
- late 14c., "to bring to an end;" mid-15c., "to come to an end" (intransitive), from Old French finiss-, present participle stem of fenir "stop, finish, come to an end; die" (13c.), from Latin finire "to limit, set bounds; put an end to; come to an end," from finis "that which divides, a boundary, border," figuratively "a limit, an end, close, conclusion; an extremity, highest point; greatest degree," which is of unknown origin, perhaps related to figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)). Meaning "to kill, terminate the existence of" is from 1755.
- finish (n.)
- 1779, "that which finishes or gives completion," from finish (v.). Meaning "the end" is from 1790. Finish line attested from 1873.
- 1. Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary.
- 埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。
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- 2. They meant to finish her off, swiftly and without mercy.
- 他们打算毫不留情地迅速结果了她。
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- 3. The game took her less than an hour to finish.
- 她没用一个小时就拿下了这场比赛。
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- 4. We felt we might finish third. Any better would be a bonus.
- 我们感觉我们可能会获得第三名，要是能比这个名次更好那就是意外的惊喜了。
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- 5. The Socialists may still finish ahead of the pack.
- 社会党最终仍可能会领先。
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