| 单词 | end game |
| 释义 | end gameor endgamenounChess. the final stage of a game, usually following the exchange of queens and the serious reduction of forces. the late or final stages of any activity: the end game of the negotiations. Origin of end gameFirst recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby end gameendergonic, endermic, Enders, en déshabillé, end-feet, end game, endgate, end grain, endhand, Endicott, ending Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for end game
British Dictionary definitions for end gameendgame / (ˈɛndˌɡeɪm) / nounAlso called: ending the closing stage of a game of chess, in which only a few pieces are left on the board the closing stage of any of certain other games Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with end gameend game The final stage of some process, as in The book discussed the diplomatic end game resulting in the treaty. This term, dating from about 1880, comes from chess, where it denotes the stage of a game when most of the pieces have been removed from the board. In the mid-1900s it began to be transferred to other activities. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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