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nounverb at the end of the week在周末 We didn't leave until the very end. 我们直到最后才离开。 the end of the book书的末尾 We had to hear about the whole journey from beginning to end. 我们只好从头到尾把整个旅行情况听完。 It's the end of an era. 这是一个时代的终结。 Our end-of-season sale starts next week. There’ll be a chance to ask questions at the end. Turn right at the end of the road. 在路的尽头向右转。 His office is the room at the other end of the corridor. I joined the end of the queue. 我站在了这队伍的最后。 Go to the end of the line! 到这条队的最后去！ You've got something on the end of your nose. 你的鼻尖上有点东西。 Tie the ends of the string together. 把绳子两端系在一起。 That's his wife sitting at the far end of the table. 坐在桌子远端的那位就是他妻子。 These two products are from opposite ends of the price range. 这两种产品一种是价格最高的，一种是价格最低的。 We've travelled from one end of Mexico to the other. 我们从墨西哥的一端旅行到了另一端。 They live in the end house. 他们住在最后的那座房子里。 the end of all his dreams他所有梦想的破灭 The meeting came to an end (= finished). 会议结束了。 The war was finally at an end. 战争终于结束了。 The coup brought his corrupt regime to an end. 政变结束了他的腐败统治。 There's no end in sight to the present crisis. 目前的危机无望结束。 They have called for an end to violence. 他们呼吁停止暴力。 This latest attack could spell the end of the peace process. Let’s put an end to(= stop) these rumours once and for all. That was by no means the end of the matter. 事情绝不可能到此为止。 They are prepared to use violence in pursuit of their ends. 他们准备使用暴力来达到目的。 She is exploiting the current situation for her own ends. 她在利用目前的形势来达到自己的目的。 He joined the society for political ends.他为了政治目的加入了这个协会。 With this end in view (= in order to achieve this) they employed 50 new staff. 为了达到这个目标他们雇用了 50 名新职员。 We are willing to make any concessions necessary to this end (= in order to achieve this). 为达到此目的我们愿作出任何必要的让步。 They are working towards common ends. We need somebody to handle the marketing end of the business. 我们需要有人来处理业务的推广。 Are there any problems at your end? 你那边有什么问题吗？ I have kept my end of the bargain. 我已履行了我的协议条件。 I answered the phone but there was no one at the other end. 我接了电话，但线路的另一端没人说话。 Jean is going to meet me at the other end. 琼打算在那边终点站接我。 The teams changed ends at half-time. 上半场结束时双方交换了场地。 a cigarette end烟蒂 She came to an untimely end (= died young). 她英年早逝。 I was with him at the end (= when he died). 他临终时我在他身边。 (literary) He met his end (= died) at the Battle of Waterloo. 他在滑铁卢战役中阵亡。 At the end of the day, he'll still have to make his own decision. 最终，他还得自己拿主意。 Come and see us, if you're at a loose end. 你要是闲着无事就来我们这儿坐坐吧。 He'll come to a sticky end one of these days if he carries on like that. 如果他继续那样下去，总有一天会落得个可悲的下场。 I'm at the end of my patience. 我已忍无可忍。 They are at the end of their food supply. 他们的食物储备快要消耗殆尽。 You’d better let her know you’re safe. She’s at the end of her tether. She found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism. 她发现自己遭到众多的批评。 She was at her wits’ end wondering how she’d manage it all in the time. The scandal was the beginning of the end of his career as a politician. A defeat in the second round marked the end of the line for last year's champion. 第二局的失利表明去年的冠军得主已卫冕无望。 If she doesn’t agree, I won’t go ahead. End of story. They arranged the tables end to end. 他们将桌子连接起来排成一行。 I'd go to the ends of the earth to see her again. 哪怕走遍天涯海角我也要再见她一面。 He tried various jobs and in the end became an accountant. 他尝试过各种各样的工作，最后当上了会计。 You can try your best to impress the interviewers but in the end it's often just a question of luck. 你可以尽最大的努力给主持面试的人留下深刻的印象，不过最终常常要看运气。 Junior hospital doctors are thrown in at the deep end in their first jobs. 医院的初级医生开始工作时会遇上未曾料到的困难。 Many families struggle to make ends meet. 许多家庭只能勉强维持生计。 a chilling tale that will make your hair stand on end令人毛骨悚然的故事 He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end. 他不怎么喜欢这项工作，只是把它看作达到目的的手段而已。 It upset me no end to hear they'd split up. 听说他们已离婚，我感到非常不安。 We had no end of trouble getting them to agree. 我们费了九牛二虎之力才使他们同意。 Failing one exam is not the end of the world. 一次考试不及格并非世界末日。 If we don't get her a dog we'll never hear the end of it. 我们要是不给她弄条狗来，这事就没完没了。 It'll fit if you stand it on end. 如果把它竖着就放得进去了。 He would disappear for weeks on end. 他常常是连续几周不见人影。 He started work at the sharp end of the business, as a salesman. 他从这一行最为棘手的工作做起，当了推销员。 The introduction of a tax on workplace parking is seen by many as the thin end of the wedge. They were prepared to fight to the bitter end for their rights. 他们甘愿为自己的权利斗争到底。 Set yourself targets that you can reasonably hope to achieve. 给自己制订有望达到的指标。 attainment targets in schools学校的成绩目标 What is the main objective of this project?这个项目的主要目标是什么？ He continued to pursue his goal of becoming an actor.他继续追求他成为演员的目标。 The object is to educate people about road safety. 目的就是教育大众注意交通安全。 He joined the society for political ends.他为了政治目的加入了这个协会。 That’s only OK if you believe that the end justifies the means(= bad methods of doing something are acceptable if the final result is good).除非你认为只要目的正确可以不择手段，不然那是不可以接受的。 Continue until you reach the end of the road. Despite our differences, we were working to a common end. For her, shopping had become an end in itself. For her, travelling had become an end in itself rather than a means of seeing new places. He defended a morality in which the end justifies the means. He met his end at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He wants the reports by the end of the month. He was bound to meet a violent end one day. He won’t win, but he’ll keep fighting to the end. Her death marks the end of an era. His story was one big lie from beginning to end. I don’t enjoy studying computing—it’s just a means to an end. I just caught the tail end of the movie. I was getting bored towards the end of the talk. I’ll never get to the end of this book! I’m staying until the end of this week. In the end, they decided to spend Christmas at home. It stayed hot right up to the end of September. It wasn’t the end of their marriage, but it was the beginning of the end. She was prepared to lie in order to achieve her ends. She wished to have a house built, and to this end she engaged a local architect. Stand it on end. Take the free end of the rope and pass it through the hole. Talks were in progress to bring an end to the fighting. The author tied up all the loose ends of the story in the final chapter. The award was a fitting end to a distinguished career. The bank is right at the end of the street. The car was lifted up by the winds and tumbled end over end along the ground. The company believes in throwing new employees in at the deep end with no training. The end came when he collapsed after playing golf. The famous Las Vegas Strip is about three miles from end to end. The film’s backers were delighted with the end product. The injury brought her career to an early end. The loss of this contract could signal the end of the line for the shipyard. The meeting finally came to an end at six. The money might have been used to more beneficial ends. The proceedings are expected to be at an end by 6 p.m. The rope was unfastened at one end. The teams changed ends at half time. 上半场结束时双方交换了场地。 The two parties represent opposite ends of the political spectrum. They get married at the end of the movie. Tie both ends of the string together. Turn into Hope Street and our house is right at the end. We tried cutting through a back road but it was a dead end. We walked along the whole promenade, from end to end. We will fight this case to the bitter end. What the business community wants is an end to the recession. You don’t know who the murderer is until right at the end of the book. You should have your hair trimmed every few weeks to get rid of split ends. a dead-end job call for an end to the violence housebuyers at the cheap end of the market the southern end of the lake to come to a sticky end to come to a sticky= unpleasant, but deserved end I hope to finish this by the end of the week. It was the end of all his dreams. Let’s put an end to these rumours once and for all. Stand the box on end. That’s only OK if you believe that the end justifies the means.除非你认为只要目的正确可以不择手段，不然那是不可以接受的。 The coup brought his corrupt regime to an end. 政变结束了他的腐败统治。 The meeting came to an end. 会议结束了。 There’ll be a chance to ask questions at the end. They finally get named at the end of the book. We are willing to make any concessions necessary to this end. 为达到此目的我们愿作出任何必要的让步。 We had to hear about the whole journey from beginning to end. 我们只好从头到尾把整个旅行情况听完。 We need someone to handle the marketing end of the business. We’ve travelled from one end of Mexico to the other. 我们从墨西哥的一端旅行到了另一端。 With this end in view they employed 50 new sales reps. You’ve got something on the end of your nose. 你的鼻尖上有点东西。 The road ends here. 这条路到此为止。 How does the story end? 这个故事结局如何？ The speaker ended by suggesting some topics for discussion. 演讲者最后给出了几个讨论话题。 end with something Her note ended with the words: ‘See you soon.’ 她的便条以 “再见” 结束。 end something They decided to end their relationship. 他们决定断绝关系。 end something with something They ended the play with a song. 他们以一首歌曲结束了这出戏。 + speech ‘And that was that,’ she ended. “就这样了。” 她最后说。 The movie has a car chase to end all car chases. 这部影片的汽车追逐场面非常刺激。 He ended his days in poverty. 他在贫穷中度过余生。 It's been lovely/so nice/good talking to you.和你谈谈很开心。 I'm so glad we got to talk.我们有机会谈话，我很高兴。 I'm sorry, I have to rush off.抱歉，我得赶紧走了。 It was nice to meet you. I'm sorry I have to go now.很高兴见到你。对不起，我现在得走了。 Will you excuse me? There's someone I've got to speak to.失陪了，我得跟一个人说几句。 I’m afraid time is running out/we’re running out of time, so we'll have to make this the final question.恐怕时间不多了，所以这将是我们最后一个问题了。 We've only got a couple of minutes left, so can we summarize what we've agreed?我们只剩下几分钟了，所以概括一下已经达成一致的意见好吗？ I'd like to close the session with a few final remarks…我想最后说几句来结束这次会议… We'll have to leave it there, but thank you all very much for your input.我们就到这儿吧，非常感谢大家的参与。 Well, that's all we have time for today, but we'll meet again on Tuesday.好了，我们今天没有时间了，但星期二我们将再次开会。 I'd like to thank you all for coming and for a very productive meeting.感谢大家出席这次会议，以及为这次富有成效的会议付出的努力。 A back injury effectively ended her career. After all that excitement the day was bound to end in tears. At last the war ended. His speech ended on a positive note. The attempt finally ended in failure. The meeting ended abruptly when the chairman was called away. The military action could end in disaster. The peace talks have ended inconclusively, with neither side prepared to give way on key points. The show ended with a song. We thought they’d never end. |