finite
adjective
uk/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/us/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/finiteadjective(LIMITED)
C2
having alimitor end:
有限的;有限制的;有尽的Thefundsavailablefor thehealthserviceare finite and we cannotaffordtowastemoney.用于公共医疗卫生事业的资金是有限的,我们浪费不起。
We only have a finiteamountoftimetocompletethistask- we can'tcontinueindefinitely.我们完成这项任务的时间是有限的,不能无限期地做下去。
Range and limits
- all the way toidiom
- ambit
- anywhere
- band
- bound
- condition
- gamut
- glass ceiling
- limit
- limited
- meta
- proviso
- realm
- restricted
- scope
- specialized
- spectrum
- spread
- stretch
- string
finiteadjective(GRAMMAR)
languagespecialized
in aformthatshowsthetenseandsubjectof averb,ratherthan theinfinitiveformor aparticiple:
(动词的形式)限定的In thefollowingsentence"go" is finite: "I often go to thecinema."在句子 I often go to the cinema 中,go 是限定动词。
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- non-progressive
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- subjunctive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the third person
Grammar
Finite and non-finite verbs
Finite verb forms show tense, person and number (I go, she goes, we went, etc.):…