| 单词 | terminally |
| 释义 | terminally (once / 20449 pages) adv Anything that happens terminally happens at the end of something, which might be a plane ride or someone's life. Terminally describes something at the end, the last call, the big curtain coming down. Since terminal things involve an ending or something that ends, the adverb terminally also refers to endings. Although it’s often sad, as endings are, the word itself has the courtesy to end in –ly so it’s easy to spot as an adverb. Someone terminally ill has a deadly illness. This is a word for endings: after something happens terminally, it's over. WORD FAMILYterminal: subterminal, terminally, terminals+/interminable: interminably/terminable: interminable/terminate: terminable, terminated, terminates, terminating, termination, terminative/termination: terminations/terminative: terminatively/terminus: terminal, terminate, termini, terminuses USAGE EXAMPLESGlinka conducted humanitarian missions to war zones and ran clinics for cancer patients, homeless people and the terminally ill. Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016) They are consistent in their belief that all people, even those who are terminally ill, should live for as long as God intends. Salon(Dec 23, 2016) Malone’s eventual full-time replacement was the terminally old school George Karl, an all-time great coach but the worst possible fit considering the volatile situation. The Guardian(Dec 21, 2016) adv at the end terminally ill |
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