Words and expressionsOur house is the third from the end on the left.Is it safe to stand the computer on (its) end? The end of the film was much more exciting than I'd expected.This latest injury must surely mean that her tennis career is now at an end (= finished).The statement said there would be no end to the violence until the terrorists' demands were met.2) [S] POLITE WORD FOR death: 死亡We were all by her bedside when the end finally came.He met his end (= died) in a shoot-out with the police.3) [C] either of the two halves of a sports field: (体育)场地The teams change ends at half-time so that neither side has an unfair advantage. v. [I or T] to finish or stop, or to make sth. finish or stop: (使)结束When is your meeting due to end?Her resignation ends months of speculation about her future.Their marriage ended in 1991.The match ended in a draw.I'd like to end with a song from my first album.She ended her speech on an optimistic note.ending n. [C] 1) the last part of a story: 结局People want love stories with happy endings.2) a part added to the end of a word: 词缀To make the plural of 'dog', you add the plural ending '-s'.endless adj. never finishing or seeming never to finish: 无止尽的We used to have endless arguments about politics.He seems to think that I have an endless supply of money.The possibilities are endless.endlessly adv. I find myself endlessly repeating the same phrases.1in the endfinally, after sth. has been thought about or discussed a lot: 最后We were thinking about going to Switzerland, but in the end we went to Austria.come to an endto finish: 结束Everyone wishes the war would come to an end soon.put an end to sth. to make sth. stop happening ...
