| 释义 |
Verb: terminate 'turmu`neyt- Bring to an end or halt
"The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
- end - Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"
- end, stop, finish, cease - Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- end - Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
"The company terminated 25% of its workers"
- displace, fire, give notice, can [N. Amer], dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack
Derived forms: terminated, terminating, terminates See also: termination, terminative, terminus Type of: alter, be, change, modify, remove Encyclopedia: Terminate Terminate, with extreme prejudice |