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单词 termination
释义

termination

/təːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n /
noun
1 [mass noun] The action of terminating something or the fact of being terminated: the termination of a contract...
  • Premature termination of behavioral medicine therapy is a potential problem because limited treatment may not provide optimal benefits.
  • ‘But no deal has yet been done and as yet we have still not been served notice of termination of contract,’ said Willis.
  • Another change concerns a provision stipulating that failure to meet contractual obligations for two consecutive years will result in termination of the contracts.

Synonyms

ending, end, closing, close, conclusion, finish, stop, stopping, stoppage, winding up, discontinuance, discontinuation, breaking off, cessation, cutting short;
cancellation, dissolution;
Law cesser, lapse
informal wind-up
1.1 [count noun] An induced abortion: they would not want a termination even if the baby was disabled...
  • Over a quarter had one or more children affected with a genetic condition and a similar proportion had a spontaneous abortion or underwent termination after prenatal diagnosis.
  • That is the critical question, I mean the question is how does this compare to a surgical abortion, or surgical termination of pregnancy.
  • There were 11 miscarriages and 7 medical terminations.

Synonyms

abortion
rare feticide
1.2 [count noun] chiefly North American An act of dismissing someone from employment: workers were informed of the terminations on Wednesday...
  • The present findings also reveal that concerns about the quality of treatment become especially important at the time employees learn about job terminations or lay-offs.
  • That includes when I have had to advise employers about terminations of employment.
  • It was a termination of employment case which does not really raise jurisdictional issues as such, I would have thought.
1.3 [count noun] chiefly North American An assassination.I developed my abilities of termination with extreme prejudice, and without an inkling of remorse.
2A word’s final syllable or letters or letter, especially when constituting an element in inflection or derivation.Bantu languages were praised for their terminations at the beginning, so that the words are inflected, conjugated, or defined by means of a system of prefixes.
3 [with adjective] archaic An ending or result of a specified kind: a good result and a happy termination...
  • We can not express too highly our admiration of those seaman like qualities which have under Providence brought us thus far in safety on our journey which promises now a happy and speedy termination.
  • The story is told as if it were destined to have, if not a strictly happy termination, at least one within ordinary probabilities.

Derivatives

terminational

/ˌtəːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l/ adjective

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'determination, decision'): from Old French, or from Latin terminatio(n-), from terminare 'to limit, end'.

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