termination

英 [t??m?'ne??(?)n] 美['t?m?'ne??n]

GRETOEFL中低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?terminations;

termination (n.): late 14c., "authoritative resolution of a matter," from Old French terminacion (13c.) and directly from Latin terminationem (nominative terminatio) "a fixing of boundaries, a bounding, determining," noun of action from past participle stem of terminare "to limit, end" (see terminus). Meaning "end of a person's employment" is recorded from 1961; meaning "artificial end of a pregnancy" is attested from 1969; sense of "assasination" is recorded from 1975.

1. Failure to comply with these conditions will result in termination of the contract.: 不遵守這些條件將導(dǎo)致合同終止。

4. The dispute was brought to a satisfactory termination.: 爭(zhēng)端得到圓滿的解決.