单词	terminally
释义	terminalter‧mi‧nal2 ●●○ AWL adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINterminal1 Origin: 1400-1500 Latin terminalis, from terminus; ➔ TERM1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES terminal buds Is the disease terminal? Many of the patients are in the terminal stages of the disease. She was recently told she has terminal cancer. St Helen's Hospice cares for people with terminal illnesses. Two years ago, his mother developed terminal cancer. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Fremont Elementary was old and soiled, waiting for terminal erosion like the bits of tire debris that trucks leave on freeways. Ideally, some one with a terminal illness should at least have the right to work part-time as long as they are able. Networks that exhibit the same terminal behaviour as some device, system or more complicated network are naturally known as equivalent circuits. One of these, designated B9, was expressed sparsely in terminal placenta and with varying levels in most other tissues. Other proposals concern the carry-back of unrelieved charges on income, and the carry-forward of terminal losses against income by individuals. Stopping it or even pausing it would have caused terminal embarrassment for everyone involved. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen a disease cannot be cured► incurable · My doctor told me that the cancer was incurable.· Patients with incurable illnesses are brought to the hospice, where they are given the best possible care. ► chronic a chronic illness continues for a very long time or is permanent: · He suffers from chronic asthma. ► terminal a terminal illness is one that cannot be cured, and the person who has it will die from it: · Two years ago, his mother developed terminal cancer.· St Helen's Hospice cares for people with terminal illnesses.the terminal stages (=the last stages of a disease that is killing them): · Many of the patients are in the terminal stages of the disease. an illness or accident that you die from► fatal a fatal accident or medical condition kills the person who has it, usually immediately: · a fatal heart attack· Meyer's car was involved in a fatal accident on the freeway. ► terminal a terminal illness cannot be cured, and the person who has it will soon die: · Is the disease terminal?· She was recently told she has terminal cancer. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► terminal illness (=causing death eventually, and not possible to cure)· At that point the illness was thought to be terminal. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► cancer · This rich, high-caste woman had had terminal cancer.· The novelist Ann Lamott tells a story about going shopping with a friend who was in the late stages of terminal cancer.· Discussion Our results suggest that oxygen supplementation decreased the intensity of dyspnoea in patients with terminal cancer.· In a study of terminal cancer patients, the positive response was even higher.· However, in patients with terminal cancer the normal cause of dyspnoea is restrictive pulmonary failure.· For the last week he's been in a hospice with terminal cancer. ► decline · Mrs Holloway says that she's sad that a once great industry now seems to be in terminal decline.· Beyond electoral matters, there was growing belief that, for long-term sociological and historical reasons, Labour was in terminal decline.· Those are not the statistics of an industry in terminal decline.· But it does happen, and I venture to suggest should happen wherever there is apparently terminal decline.· This is more than can be said for the ever-decreasing Daily Mirror and Daily Express, both in terminal decline.· That third-world economy with a super-power arsenal could be in terminal decline.· After appearing to be in terminal decline the monarchy is back in business.· It is important to emphasise that older people should not be regarded enmasse as ill, frail or in terminal decline. ► illness · Charles took on Diana's mantle speaking on terminal illness, while she prepared to tread the world stage.· Her terrible, inexplicable terminal illness.· How would you feel, say, if you had an incurable disease, or a terminal illness?· Being somewhat overweight is not a serious health problem, and obesity is not a terminal illness.· Ideally, some one with a terminal illness should at least have the right to work part-time as long as they are able.· We feel like a patient with a possible terminal illness that no one will tell the results of the tests.· At present, patients are prevented from receiving the benefit for the first six months of a terminal illness.· Patient E16 had only been in hospital once, three years before his terminal illness. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► (in) terminal decline After appearing to be in terminal decline the monarchy is back in business. Beyond electoral matters, there was growing belief that, for long-term sociological and historical reasons, Labour was in terminal decline. But it does happen, and I venture to suggest should happen wherever there is apparently terminal decline. It is important to emphasise that older people should not be regarded enmasse as ill, frail or in terminal decline. Mrs Holloway says that she's sad that a once great industry now seems to be in terminal decline. That third-world economy with a super-power arsenal could be in terminal decline. This is more than can be said for the ever-decreasing Daily Mirror and Daily Express, both in terminal decline. Those are not the statistics of an industry in terminal decline. 1a terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death → fatal:  terminal cancer2(in) terminal decline British English in a state of becoming worse and worse and never getting better:  The once great industry is now in terminal decline.—terminally adverb:  terminally ill patients
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