fin·ish1 /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ ●●● S1 W2 verb1 stop doing STH 停止做某事 (also finish off) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FINISH DOING something to complete the last part of something that you are doing 完成,做完You can’t go anywhere until you’ve finished your homework. 沒完成家庭作業前你哪兒也不能去。
Have you finished that book yet? 那本書你看完了嗎?
finish doing somethingI finished typing the report just minutes before it was due. 我在截止時間前幾分鐘才把報告打完。
‘How’s the decorating going?’ ‘We’ve nearly finished.’ “裝修進行得怎麽樣了?”“差不多快完成了。”
2 end 結束 [intransitiveI] especially British EnglishBrEFINISH/COME TO AN END when an event, activity, or period of time finishes, it ends, especially at a particular time 〔事件、活動或時期〕結束,終止The football season finishes in May. 足球賽季在 5 月份結束。
What time does school finish? 學校什麽時候放學?
3 eat/drink 吃/喝 (also finish up/off) [transitiveT]EATFINISH/USE ALL OF something to eat or drink all the rest of something, so there is none left (被)吃光,(被)喝光I’ll just finish my coffee. 我喝完咖啡就好。
4 end STH by doing STH 以做某事結束某事 (also finish off) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FINISH/COME TO AN END to complete an event, performance, piece of work etc by doing one final thing 結束,完成finish withThe party finished with a sing-song. 聚會以一首合唱結束。
finish (something) by doing somethingI would like to finish by thanking you all for your help. 我想在最後對大家的幫助表示感謝。
5 race 賽跑,競爭 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FINISH DOING something to be in a particular position at the end of a race, competition etc 獲得〔名次〕finish first/second/third etcHe finished second in the 100 metres, behind Ben Johnson. 百米賽跑中他獲得第二名,排在本•約翰遜之後。
6 take away SB’s strength 消耗某人的力氣 (also finish off) [transitiveT]TIRED to take away all of someone’s strength, energy etc 使精疲力竭 SYN do somebody inAnother run like that would just about finish me. 再那樣跑一次會把我累趴下的。
7 use all of STH 用完某物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] British EnglishBrEFINISH/USE ALL OF something to completely use up the supply of something, especially food (被)用完;(被)吃光The ice cream’s finished – can you get some more? 冰激淩吃完了,你能再買一點嗎?
8 put/add the finishing touches (to something) FINISH DOING somethingto add the final details that make your work complete (對某物)作最後的潤飾,做完最後的細節工作The band are putting the finishing touches to their new album. 這支樂隊在爲新專輯作最後的加工。
put/add the finishing touches (to something)• Barry returned the next day to add the finishing touches.• Its warmth and richness will add the finishing touches that are all important to the dress of your dreams.• With most members of the task force now dismissed, Mr Magaziner is putting the finishing touches to his report.• The more exacting you are in putting the finishing touches to the picture, the better the result will be.• The birds whose selective predation put the finishing touches to their evolution must, at least collectively, have had excellently good vision.• The band are currently putting the finishing touches to their third album, which should be out early in the summer.• We can put the finishing touches to your programme. 9 surface 表面 [transitiveT]CSFLAT to give the surface of something, especially wood, a smooth appearance by painting, polishing, or covering it 〔用油漆、抛光或貼面等方法〕使光滑,給…作最後加工The furniture had been attractively finished in a walnut veneer. 家具上貼了一層胡桃木飾面板,十分漂亮。
10 finish off phrasal verbphr v a)STOP DOING STH 停止做某事 finish something ↔ off to complete the last part of something that you are doing 完成It’ll take me a couple of hours to finish this job off. 我要幾個小時才能完成這項工作。
b) finish something ↔ offFINISH/USE ALL OF something to use or eat all of something, so there is none left 用完某物;吃完某物Who finished off the cake? 誰把蛋糕吃光了?
c)END STH BY DOING STH 以做某事結束某事 to complete an event, performance, piece of work etc by doing one final thing 結束〔事件、演出、一項工作等〕 withWe’ll finish off with a track from Adam’s new album. 我們將播放亞當新專輯中的一首歌作爲結束。
finish something ↔ offShe finished off her speech by thanking her sponsors. 她在演講的最後向贊助方表示了感謝。
finish off/finish something ↔ off by doing somethingFinish off by cleaning the monitor and the keyboard. 最後要清潔顯示器和鍵盤。
d) finish somebody/something ↔ offKILL to kill a person or animal when they are already weak or wounded 〔在其體弱或受傷時〕結束某人/某物的生命 e)TAKE AWAY SB’S STRENGTH 消耗某人的力氣 finish somebody ↔ offKILL to take away all of someone’s strength, energy etc 耗盡某人的精力,使某人精疲力竭,累垮某人The walk up the hill really finished me off. 徒步登山真把我累垮了。
finish off• I usually partially cook steaks in the microwave and then finish them off on the grill.• I came to work early this morning to finish off some urgent work for the boss. 11 finish up phrasal verbphr v a) British EnglishBrE informalEVENTUALLY to arrive at a particular place, after going to other places first 最終來到 SYN end upI took a long holiday in Italy and finished up in Rome. 我在意大利度了個長假,最後一站是羅馬。
b) British EnglishBrE informal to get into a particular state or situation as the result of what you have done, especially without planning or expecting it 結果,最終〔進入某狀態或某局面〕 SYN end upHe tried to bribe a police officer and finished up in jail. 他試圖賄賂警察,結果進了監獄。
withBrett got into a fight and finished up with a broken wrist. 布雷特和人打了起來,結果手腕骨折。
c)EAT/DRINK 吃/喝 finish something ↔ upEATFINISH/USE ALL OF something to eat or drink all the rest of something, so there is none left 吃完某物,喝完某物Come on, finish up your drinks! 來吧,大家幹杯!
12 finish with something/somebody phrasal verbphr v a) FINISH DOING something have/be finished with something to no longer need to use something 不再需要用某物Have you finished with the scissors? 你用完剪刀了嗎?
b) have/be finished with somebody to have finished talking to someone or dealing with them, especially when you are angry with them or want to punish them 和某人說完話;收拾過某人Don’t go. I haven’t finished with you yet. 别走,我還沒跟你說完呢。
‘When I’m finished with you, ’ he said, ‘you’ll be lucky if you’re still alive.’ “等我收拾完你,”他說,“你要是還能活着就算你運氣。”
have/be finished with something• And when he was finished with him there would be nothing left.• But Teravainen went to Yale, and Woosnam was finished with school by the age of sixteen.• I believe that I am finished with the war be-cause I no longer study obsessively the photographs of concentration-camp survivors.• Provided that the other House now passes the Bill in the same form, it will have finished with it for good.• So Duboc finally decided he was finished with Bailey.• We should be finished with that in the next ten days.• We were finished with training camp.• You can avoid this problem by deleting any files in: RAM- as soon as you have finished with them. have/be finished with somebody• And when he was finished with him there would be nothing left.• But Teravainen went to Yale, and Woosnam was finished with school by the age of sixteen.• I believe that I am finished with the war be-cause I no longer study obsessively the photographs of concentration-camp survivors.• Provided that the other House now passes the Bill in the same form, it will have finished with it for good.• So Duboc finally decided he was finished with Bailey.• We should be finished with that in the next ten days.• We were finished with training camp.• You can avoid this problem by deleting any files in: RAM- as soon as you have finished with them.
n GRAMMAR: Patterns with finishFinish is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive. You say: He finished cleaning the kitchen.
✗Don’t say: He finished to clean the kitchen. Finish belongs to a group of verbs where the same noun can be the subject of the verb or its object.
You can say: He finished his speech with a joke.
In this sentence, ‘his speech’ is the object of finish. You can say: His speech finished with a joke.
In this sentence, ‘his speech’ is the subject of finish. THESAURUSfinish to complete the last part of something that you are doing 對某事物作最後加工Have you finished your homework? 你作業做完了嗎?
The builders say they should have finished by Friday. 建築工人說他們本該在星期五前完工的。
complete to finish making or doing something that has taken a long time to finish 完成〔費時的活兒〕The new bridge will be completed in two years’ time. 新橋要兩年時間完工。
She has just completed her PhD. 她剛讀完博士。
finalize to do the last things that are necessary in order to settle a plan or agreement in a satisfactory way 最終敲定A spokesman said that they were hoping to finalize an agreement in the near future. 發言人說他們希望能在不久的將來達成協議。
conclude formal to officially finish something 使結束The police have now concluded their investigations. 警方目前已經結束了調查。
nRalph Ellis, Managing Director, concluded the conference with a review of the trading year.
wrap something up informal to finish something successfully – used especially about agreements or sports competitions 圓滿完成某事,結束某事〔尤指協議或體育比賽〕Negotiators are meeting on Friday to wrap up the deal. 談判代表星期五開會以達成協議。
nLiverpool had several chances to wrap up the game.
round something off British EnglishBrE, round something out American EnglishAmE to do something as a way of ending a day, an evening, an event etc in an enjoyable or suitable way 圓滿完成某事They rounded off the day with a barbecue at the beach. 他們以沙灘燒烤結束了圓滿的一天。
nA concert in the park is being organized to round off the programme of events.
get it over with/get it over and done with to do something that you have to do now, so that it is finished and you can stop worrying about it 我們現在去購物吧,早買完早踏實。 完成某事〔不再爲此擔心〕Let’s go and do the shopping now and get it over with. 我們現在去購物吧,早買完早踏實。
nJust tell him how you feel and get it over and done with.
be done/be through informal if you are done, you have finished – used especially when other people are waiting for you 完成了〔尤用於别人在等候時〕We’re nearly done. 我們差不多做好了。
nWe should be through in half an hour.
be through with something/be done with something informal to have finished using something – used especially when other people are waiting to use it 用完某物了〔尤用於别人等着用時〕I’m done with the file. 我用完锉刀了。
nI’ll let you know when I’m through with it.
ntie up the loose ends to finish dealing with the final details of something, so that is all finished‘Is the talk ready?’ ‘I just need to tie up a few loose ends.’