Giới hạn

Đầu, đầu mút (dây...); đuôi; đáy (thùng...) đoạn cuối

Mẩu thừa, mẩu còn lại

candle ends

mẩu nến

Sự kết thúc

Sự kết liễu, sự chết

to be near one's end

chẳng còn sống được bao lâu nữa, gần kề miệng lỗ

Mục đích

to gain one's ends

đạt được mục đích của mình

at one's wit's end

Xem wit

to be at an end

o come to an end

Kết thúc, chấm dứt

to come to a sticky end

kết thúc thảm hại

a dead end

ngõ cụt, tình thế không lối thoát

an end in itself

điều mà tự nó đã là quan trọng

the end justifies the means

mục đích biện minh cho phương tiện, làm mọi cách sao cho đạt mục đích dù là cách bất chính

to reach the end of the road

cùng đường, không còn sức chịu đựng

to be at the end of one's tether

Xem tether

to be at a loose end

rảnh rổi, dư dả thời giờ

at the end of the day

sau khi suy nghĩ chín chắn, sau khi cân nhắc kỹ lưỡng

to be at the receiving end of sth

phải hứng chịu cái gì

to go off the deep end

Xem deep

in the end

cuối cùng, về sau

to keep one's end up

kiên trì theo đuổi mục đích đến cùng, giữ vững lập trường

the light at the end of the tunnel

ánh sáng cuối đường hầm, niềm may mắn sau một chuỗi bất hạnh

to make an end of

chấm dứt

to make both ends meet

kiếm vừa đủ sống chứ không dư dả

no end

vô cùng

no end obliged to you

vô cùng cảm ơn anh

no end of

rất nhiều

no end of trouble

rất nhiều điều phiền nhiễu

Tuyệt diệu

he is no end of a fellow

nó là một thằng cha tuyệt diệu

on end

liền, liên tục

for hours on end

trong mấy giờ liền

to make one's hair stand on end

làm cho ai hoảng sợ, làm cho ai dựng tóc gáy, làm cho ai nổi da gà

not to hear the end of sth

Xem hear

to burn the candle at both ends

kiệt quệ vì đã quá phí sức

to place end to end

đặt nối đầu vào nhau

to put an end to

chấm dứt, bãi bỏ

to put and end to one's life

tự vận, tự sát

the thin end of the wedge

sự kiện có thể dẫn tới những sự kiện quan trọng hơn

to the bitter end

đến cùng, đến chết mới thôi

to turn end for end

lộn ngược lại, trở đầu lại, quay ngược lại

the end of the world

điều tồi tệ nhất trên đời

to get hold of the wrong end of the stick

hiểu lầm hoàn toàn, hiểu sai bét

the be-all and end-all

cái quan trọng nhất, điều cốt lõi

Kết thúc, chấm dứt

Kết liễu, diệt

to end it all/to end one's life

tự kết liễu đời mình, tự sát

to end one's days in sth

sống chuỗi ngày cuối đời trong hoàn cảnh...........

Kết thúc, chấm dứt

Đi đến chỗ, đưa đến kết quả là

to end up

kết luận, kết thúc

to end with

kết thúc bằng

to end by doing something

cuối cùng sẽ làm việc gì

to end in smoke

Xem smoke

tận cùng

biên

cuối

hướng trục

kết thúc

đầu

đầu cuối

đầu mút

đầu mút trục

đáy

đoạn cuối

đuôi

nhánh đai

giới hạn

mặt đầu

mặt mút

mục đích

ở ngoài cùng

sợi dọc

sự kết thúc

sự ngừng

đầu nắp (của đồ hộp)

Extremity, extreme, extent, bound, boundary, tip, limit,terminus: That fence marks the southern end of the property. Atthe end of the garden was a large shed. 2 close, termination,conclusion, cessation, expiration, finish, completion, finale,ending, wind-up; denouement or d‚nouement: At the end of thefilm, the lights came on.

Aim, purpose, intention, intent,objective, object,goal, point, reason, raison d'ˆtre,destination, motive, motivation, aspiration: To what end doesshe persist so vehemently?

Consequence, result, outcome,effect, upshot: The end of the affair was that he had to leavetown.

Destruction, death, ruin, extermination, annihilation,death, termination, conclusion: That would spell the end to alllife on earth.

At a loose end or US and Canadian at looseends. unsettled, unoccupied, unemployed, uncommitted, undecided,indecisive, ambivalent, vacillating, purposeless, aimless,adrift, drifting, betwixt and between, neither here nor there:My wife has gone off to visit her mother and I'm at a loose end.7 on end. a upright, erect, standing: He can balance a ruleron end. b continuously, uninterruptedly, unceasingly,incessantly, consecutively: It rained for days on end.

Theend. a the worst, the last straw, the final blow, Colloq thelimit, too much: Brian's winning first prize is the absoluteend. b the best, the greatest: That disc by The What is theliving end.

V.

Terminate, conclude, bring to an end, stop, halt, cease,wind up or down, settle, put an end to, discontinue, break off,cut off, close, finish, culminate, end up, Brit put paid to; die(out), expire, climax, peter out, vanish: We have ended ourrelationship. The book ends with her returning to him. The yearends on December 31st. 10 kill, put to death, annihilate,exterminate, terminate, extinguish; destroy, ruin: He ended hislife last night with a bullet.

Surpass, outdo, outclass,outshine, outstrip, supersede: It is a disaster film to end alldisaster films.

N.

A the extreme limit; the point beyond which athing does not continue. b an extremity of a line, or of thegreatest dimension of an object. c the furthest point (to theends of the earth).

The surface bounding a thing at eitherextremity; an extreme part (a strip of wood with a nail in oneend).

A conclusion, finish (no end to his misery). b thelatter or final part. c death, destruction, downfall (met anuntimely end). d result, outcome. e an ultimate state orcondition.

A a thing one seeks to attain; a purpose (will doanything to achieve his ends; to what end?). b the object forwhich a thing exists.

A remnant; a piece left over(cigarette-end).

(prec. by the) colloq. the limit ofendurability.

The half of a sports pitch or court occupied byone team or player.

The part or share with which a person isconcerned (no problem at my end).

Bowls a unit of play inwhich play is from one side of the green towards the other.

US Football a player at the extremity of a line or team.

V.1 tr. & intr. bring or come to an end.

Tr. put an end to;destroy.

Intr. (foll. by in) have as its result (will end intears).

Intr. (foll. by by) do or achieve eventually (endedby marrying an heiress).

Become exhausted.end-around n. US Football an offensive play in which an endcarries the ball round the opposite end.

Adj. Computinginvolving the transfer of a digit from one end of a register tothe other. end-game the final stage of a game (esp. chess),when few pieces remain. end it all (or end it) colloq. commitsuicide. end of the road the point at which a hope or endeavourhas to be abandoned. end of the world the cessation of mortallife. end on with the end facing one, or with the end adjoiningthe end of the next object. end-play Bridge a method of play inthe last few tricks to force an opponent to make adisadvantageous lead. end-point the final stage of a process,esp. the point at which an effect is observed in titration,dilution, etc. end-product the final product of manufacture,radioactive decay, etc. end result final outcome. end run US 1Football an attempt by the ball-carrier to run round his or herown end.

An evasive tactic esp. in war or politics. endstandard a standard of length in the form of a metal bar orblock with the end faces the standard distance apart.end-stopped (of verse) having a pause at the end of each line.end to end with the end of each of a series adjoining the end ofthe next. end up reach a specified state, action, or placeeventually (ended up a drunkard; ended up making a fortune).end-user the person, customer, etc., who is the ultimate user ofa product. in the end finally; after all. keep one's end up doone's part despite difficulties. make an end of put a stop to.make ends (or both ends) meet live within one's income. no endcolloq. to a great extent, very much. no end of colloq. muchor many of. on end 1 upright (hair stood on end).

Continuously (for three weeks on end). put an end to 1 stop (anactivity etc.).

Abolish, destroy.

Ender n. [OE ende,endian, f. Gmc]