- complete [Origin: complet, from Latin, 过去分词 of complere 'to fill up', from com- + plere 'to fill']
- deplete [depletus, 过去分词 of deplere, from plere 'to fill'] reduce
- depleted uranium bomb 美国在海湾战争和1999年对南联盟的轰炸中大规模使用贫铀弹,导致当地许多民众罹患癌症或其他疾病。
- replete [过去分词 of replere 'to fill up'] full of
A synonym is a word, morpheme [词素], or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another; they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be replaced by another in a sentence without changing its meaning.
Morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language. The words 'so', 'the' and 'boy' consist of one morpheme. 'Boys' consists of two morphemes, 'boy' and 's'.
Synonyms: complete, finish, close, end, conclude, terminate
These verbs mean to bring to a natural or proper stopping point.
Complete and finish suggest the final stage in an undertaking.
- Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. (Reinhold Niebuhr, 美国基督教神学家).
- Give us the tools, and we will finish the job. (Winston S. Churchill).
Close and end both imply bringing something ongoing to a conclusion.
- The band closed the concert with an encore [再演/唱].
- We ended the meal with fruit and cheese.
End can also mean putting a stop to something, often with finality.
- Many advocates say [putting] laptops in schools is a promising way to end the digital divide between the races.
- It left him more exposed than ever, forcing him to end the career he loved.
Conclude is more formal than close and end.
- The author concluded the article by restating the major points.
Terminate suggests reaching an established [officially recognized or generally approved ] limit. It also indicates the dissolution [终止] of a formal arrangement.
- The playing of the national anthem [国歌] terminated the station's [电台] broadcast for the night.
- The firm terminated my contract yesterday.
《终结者》比《蒸发密令》好看。Terminator vs Eraser. T-800... 800是两个400。
eraser - a small piece of rubber that you use to remove pencil or pen marks from paper (British Equivalent: rubber)
rubber: eraser; condom; ...
作为形容词: Although complete is often held to be an absolute term like perfect or chief, and supposedly not subject to comparison, it is often modified by words like more and less in standard usage. As far back as 1965, a majority of the Usage Panel [一组人] accepted the example "His book is the most complete treatment of the subject."
grammar - "One of the bests" vs "One of the best" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
- 不加s,再如 "Kate's a great racer. One of the fastest."
The Usage Panel is a group of nearly 200 prominent scholars, creative writers, journalists, diplomats, and others in occupations requiring mastery of language. Annual surveys have gauged [测量; 估计; 判断] the acceptability of particular usages and grammatical constructions.
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