terminal /ˈtə:minl/ I. n. ［c］ 1.终点(站)，末端：a bus terminal 汽车终点站；an air terminal 航空集散站 We’ll pick you up at the railway terminal. 我们在火车站接你。2.终端，接线端：The terminals of his car battery are dirty. 他车上的电瓶接线柱脏了。 ‖II. adj. 末端的，终点的，极限的：a terminal examination 期终考试；a terminal station 终点站 She is in the terminal stages of cancer. 她患癌症已到晚期。
terminate /ˈtə:mineit/ vi. & vt. 停止，(使)终止：terminate in some result 造成某种结果 The meeting terminated at 10 o’clock. 会议在10点钟结束。The corridor is terminated with a staircase. 走廊的末端是楼梯间。［考句］ If we terminate our relations with that country, we’ll have to find another supplier of raw materials.如果终止与那个国家的关系，就必须另找原料供应商。［考句］It is unfortunate that, owing to lack of money, these experiments must now be terminated before the objective has been achieved. 很不幸，由于资金短缺，这个实验现在必须在实现目标之前停止。
［辨析］与finish, complete, accomplish, close, conclude和end 辨见finish
termination /ˌtə:miˈneiʃən/ n. [u] 结束，终止；[c] 解雇；人工流产：the termination of a contract合约的终止She chose to have an early termination.她选择了早期终止妊娠。You are required to give the company six weeks’ notice of termination of employment.你必须提前6 周通知公司提出终止雇用。The dispute was brought to a satisfactory termination.争端得到圆满的解决。
