finish

finish /ˈfiniʃ/ I.vt.& vi. 1. 结束，停止（作vt.时接名词/代词和v-ing）：Have you finished the work yet? 这项工作你做完了吗? He finished writing the article last night. 这篇文章他是昨晚完成的。The concert hasn’t finished yet.音乐会还没有结束。I’m just finishing. 我就要做完了。 2.吃光：We have finished all the dishes.我们把菜全吃完了。［注］ finish之后不能接不定式。finish up 吃光；最终结果：Finish up your dinner and you can have dessert. 用晚餐，然后吃甜食。She married a Spaniard and finished up in Barcelona.她与一个西班牙人结婚，最终在巴塞罗那定居。‖II. n.(只用sing.)结束，最后阶段 (或部分)：fight to a finish 战斗到底；a rough finish 草草的完成

［辨析］finish, complete 和accomplish都能用来表示结束一项工作，如： finish/complete/accomplish a task (one’s mission)，但在表示一个具体的建筑工程完工时，只能用complete, 如: complete a building (a house, the railway)，finish a book 和 complete a book 含义不一样，前者表示 finish reading a book, 后者表示finish writing a book accomplish 强调通过努力达到了预期效果，即succeed in doing 或 finish successfully。close和conclude 强调活动最后阶段的结束，如close his letter with good wishes to the family. end和terminate意思较宽，一个活动在被完成之前可以被ended或terminated,带有强烈的终止感。