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terminate

verb
 
🔊/ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/
🔊/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they terminate
🔊/ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/
🔊/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/
he / she / it terminates
🔊/ˈtɜːmɪneɪts/
🔊/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪts/
past simple terminated
🔊/ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪd/
past participle terminated
🔊/ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪd/
-ing form terminating
🔊/ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [intransitive, transitive] to end; to make something end（使）停止，结束，终止
    • Your contract of employment terminates in December.你的聘约十二月份到期。🔊🔊
    • terminate something The agreement was terminated immediately.那项协议立即被终止了。🔊🔊
    • to terminate a pregnancy (= to perform or have an abortion)终止妊娠（堕胎）
    Extra Examples
    • His contract was abruptly terminated.他的合同突然被终止了。
    • The agreement was lawfully terminated under clause 34.根据第 34 条之规定，协议被依法终止。
    • This federal intervention effectively terminated the strike.这次联邦干预有效地终止了罢工。
    Topics Houses and homesc1, Life stagesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • abruptly
    • prematurely
    • immediately
    • …
    verb + terminate
    • be entitled to
    • decide to
    phrases
    • the decision to terminate something
    • the right to terminate something
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] (of a bus or train公共汽车或火车) to end a journey到达终点站
    • This train terminates at London Victoria.这趟列车的终点站是伦敦维多利亚火车站。🔊🔊
    opposite originate (3)Topics Transport by bus and trainc2
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘direct an action towards a specified end’): from Latin terminat- ‘limited, ended’, from the verb terminare, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.