a terminate + noun
terminate 作形容词时一般放在名词前面,表示“有限的、有明确界限的”,多见于数学等专业语境。
A terminate decimal stops after a finite number of digits.
有限小数在有限的位数之后结束。
界限明确的;有确定大小的;有限项的;(小数)不循环的;终止的;有限的;有界的;结束的;具有明确的界限或边界;具有确定的大小、形状或规模;可用有限项表达的;(小数)不循环或无限
terminated or ended; having a limit or boundary
终止的;有限的;有界的;结束的
Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
具有明确的界限或边界;具有确定的大小、形状或规模
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
可用有限项表达的;(小数)不循环或无限
Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
The number of seats in the hall is terminate, so we should buy tickets early.
大厅里的座位数量是有限的,所以我们应早点买票。
用法提示:此处 terminate 作形容词,表示“有限的、有界限的”。
We need to solve this problem within a terminate time, not an open-ended one.
我们需要在一个有限的时间内解决这个问题,而不是无限期的。
用法提示:terminate 作定语修饰 time,表示“有明确界限的、有限的”。
A decimal that ends after a few digits is terminate, and 0.25 is one such example.
一个小数在几位后结束就是有限的,0.25 就是这样的例子。
用法提示:terminate 作表语,表示小数“有限的、不无限循环的”。
terminate 作形容词时一般放在名词前面,表示“有限的、有明确界限的”,多见于数学等专业语境。
A terminate decimal stops after a finite number of digits.
有限小数在有限的位数之后结束。
作表语时位于系动词之后,用来说明主语的有限性;这种用法在专业文献之外很少见。
In this system the sequence is terminate rather than endless.
在这个系统中,该数列是有限的,而不是无穷无尽的。
grammar · medium
易错句子His grandmother is in the terminate stage of cancer.
正确表达His grandmother is in the terminal stage of cancer.
表示疾病“晚期的、末期的”要用 terminal,它常与 stage、illness 等搭配;terminate 虽然也是形容词,但意思是“已结束的、有界限的”,不能修饰 stage。学习者常把 -ate 和 -al 结尾的形容词弄混。
grammar · medium
易错句子The terminate of the meeting was announced at noon.
正确表达The termination of the meeting was announced at noon.
句子主语的位置需要名词 termination(终止、结束);terminate 是形容词,不能充当名词。学习者常把同根的形容词直接当名词用,忽略了 -tion 这个名词后缀。
grammar · medium
易错句子The contract was terminate last month.
正确表达The contract was terminated last month.
英语被动语态的结构是 be + 过去分词,这里必须用 terminated;学习者往往只写原形 terminate,漏掉 -ed 分词词尾,句子就不合语法。
有限小数;不循环小数
0.75 is a terminate decimal because it stops after two places.
0.75 是一个有限小数,因为它到小数点后两位就结束了。
有限项级数(项数有限的级数)
A terminate series ends after a finite number of terms.
有限项级数在有限个项目之后结束。
明确的边界;有确定范围的边界
The old field has a terminate boundary marked by a stone wall.
那片旧田地有一道由石墙标出的明确边界。
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