terminate
verb
formaluk/ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪt/us/ˈtɝː.mə.neɪt/[IorT]
to (causesomething to) end orstop:
(使…)结束,停止,终止They terminated mycontractinOctober.他们在10月份终止了我的合同。
Thistrainwill terminate at the nextstop-passengerswhowishtocontinueshouldchangetrains.下一站就是本次列车的终点,继续行程的乘客请换车。
[T]
tostopemployinganemployee:
Employers must terminate allillegalemployees.
In mostoccupations,poorlyperformingworkerscan be terminated.
[IorT]medicalspecialized
to end apregnancyintentionally, usually by amedicaloperation:
终止妊娠,人工流产She made thedifficultdecisionto terminate thepregnancy.
Even the baby'sfatherurgedher to terminate.
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- draw
- jacksomethingin
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- stanch
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
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