| 单词 | conclude |
| 释义 | conclude (once / 48 pages) 1v 2v The verb conclude means two related things: coming to a decision, and bringing to a close. Conclude is related to the word close, which is related to an old Latin word for "barrier" or "bolt" — the kind you put on a door. When you conclude something, it's as though you're pulling a door shut and bolting it. If your girlfriend concludes an argument by leaving the room and slamming the door, you can conclude that she's angry at you. WORD FAMILYconclude: concluded, concludes, concluding, conclusion, conclusive+/conclusion: conclusions/conclusive: conclusively, conclusiveness, inconclusive/inconclusive: inconclusively, inconclusiveness USAGE EXAMPLESOthers conclude that this sense of homelessness is rooted in human nature but corresponds to nothing real in the world. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) More and more people may conclude that it is the president’s failed, divisive policies that must change if the carnage is to end. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) This led Hamilton to conclude that “Burr would consider a scheme of usurpation as visionary.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v bring to a close The committee concluded the meeting Hypo|Hyper perorate conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation end, terminate bring to an end or halt 2v come to a close 2Syn|Hyper close cease, end, finish, stop, terminate have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical 1v decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion Syn|Hypo|Hyper reason, reason out induce reason or establish by induction deduce, deduct, derive, inferreason by deduction; establish by deduction syllogise, syllogizereason by syllogisms feel, findcome to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds deduce, inferconclude by reasoning; in logic gatherconclude from evidence extrapolate, generalise, generalize, inferdraw from specific cases for more general cases extrapolategain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating surmiseinfer from incomplete evidence elicitderive by reason overgeneralise, overgeneralizedraw too general a conclusion universalise, universalizemake universal cerebrate, cogitate, think use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments 2v reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation Syn|Hypo|Hyper resolve determine, settle, square off, square up settle conclusively; come to terms clear, solvesettle, as of a debt concertsettle by agreement clinchsettle conclusively compromisesettle by concession agree, concord, concur, hold be in accord; be in agreement 3v reach agreement on They concluded an economic agreement We concluded a cease-fire Hyper agree achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose |
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