complete

单词音标

complete音标[kәm\'pli:t]

汉语翻译

a. 完全的, 十足的, 完成的

vt. 完成, 完工, 使圆满

【机】 完全, 全部; 完成, 做好

词型变化

形容词:completive形容词比较级:completer*高级:completest名词:completeness副词:completely动词过去式:completed过去分词:completed现在分词:completing第三人称单数:completes

词意辨析

complete, finish, end, close, conclude, terminate, accomplish

这些动词均含“结束，完成”之意。

complete: 侧重指完成预定的任务或使某事完善，补足缺少的部分等。

finish: 与complete基本同义，着重圆满地结束或完成已着手的事。

end: *普通用词，着重事情的完成。也指某种活动因达到目的而自然结束或由于某种原因而突然中止。

close: 普通用词，着重行为的终止或结束，不强调其目的。

conclude: 正式用词，多指以某事或活动达到预期目的而告终。

terminate: 强调有一个空间和时间的限度，届时必须终止。书面语用词。

accomplish: 正式用词，强调一个过程的完成；也可指依靠努力达到一定目的，或取得一定的结果。

英语解释

动词 complete:

come or bring to a finish or an end

同义词：finish

bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements

complete or carry out

同义词：dispatch, discharge

complete a pass

同义词：nail

write all the required information onto a form

同义词：fill out, fill in, make out

形容词 complete:

having every necessary or normal part or component or step

perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities

同义词：consummate

highly skilled

同义词：accomplished

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

同义词：arrant, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

having come or been brought to a conclusion

同义词：concluded, ended, over, all over, terminated

例句

He is a complete scholar.

他是个无懈可击的学者。

When will the work be complete?

这项工作什么时候完成？

I will complete this task soon.

我很快就要完成这项任务了。

详细解释

com.plete

adj.（形容词）

com.plet.er,com.plet.est 缩写 comp.,cpl

Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire:

完全的：具有所有必要的或常规的部分、元件或步骤；全部的：

例句：

a complete meal.

完整的一顿饭

Botany Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.

【植物学】 完整的花的：具有全部基本器官的，即：花萼、花瓣、雄蕊和雌蕊。用于花卉

Having come to an end; concluded.

达到结尾的；完成的

Absolute; total:

彻底的；全部的：

例句：

.In Cairo I have seen buildings which were falling down as they were being put up, buildings whose incompletion was complete.(William H. Gass)

.在开罗，我曾见到过建造中就倒塌的楼房，以及全部未完成的建筑.(威廉H.加斯)

Skilled; accomplished:

熟练的；有才艺的：

例句：

a complete musician.

技术高超的音乐家

Thorough; consummate:

彻底的；完全的：

例句：

a complete coward.

十足的懦夫

v.tr.（及物动词）

com.plet.ed,com.plet.ing,com.pletes

To bring to a finish or an end:

完成或结束：

例句：

She has completed her studies.

她已经完成了学业

To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts:

使齐全，使完整：使完整，具有所有必需的元素和要件：

例句：

A second child would complete their family.

第二个孩子使他们的家更加完美了

来源：

Middle English complet

中古英语 complet

from Latin complôtus [past participle of] complôre [to fill out]

源自 拉丁语 complôtus [] complôre的过去分词 [填写]

com- [intensive pref.] * see com-

com- [前缀，表加强词义] *参见 com-

plôre [to fill] * see pel…-

plôre [装] *参见 pel…-

【引伸】

complete.ly

adv.（副词）

complete.ness

n.（名词）

comple.tive

adj.（形容词）

<参考词汇><同义词>complete,close,end,finish,conclude,terminateThese verbs mean to bring or to come to a natural or proper stopping point.

这些动词都是指达到一个自然或适当的终点。

Complete suggests the final stage in bringing an undertaking to fruition:

Complete 暗指取得成功的*后一步：

例句：

.Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime. (Reinhold Niebuhr).

.我们这辈子连一件有意义的事也没完成. （莱因霍尔德·尼泊赫）。

Close applies to the ending of something ongoing or continuing:

Close 指正在进行的事件接近终点：

例句：

The orchestra closed the concert with an encore.

交响乐团在再来一次的欢呼声中结束了音乐会。

例句：

If there is a further falloff in ticket sales, the play will close.

如果门票销售进一步下跌，这个剧目就会停演。

End emphasizes finality:

End 强调结果：

例句：

We ended the meal with fruit and cheese.

我们*后吃的是水果和奶酪。

例句：

.Where laws end, tyranny begins. (William Pitt).

.哪里没有法制，暴政就从哪里开始. （威廉姆·皮特）。

Finish is sometimes interchangeable withcomplete:

Finish 有时可与complete互换：

例句：

.Give us the tools, and we will finish the job. (Winston S. Churchill).Often, though, it suggests the addition of final details to what has already essentially been completed:

.给我们工具，我们就会干完这些工作. （温斯顿·S·丘吉尔）。不过，它又常暗示着必需完成的另外一些细节：

例句：

I finished the pillowcase with a border of lace.

我给枕套加了一个宽花边。

Conclude adds tocomplete and close a sense of formality:

Conclude 较complete 和 close 更有一种正式味道：

例句：

Government representatives concluded tariff negotiations.

政府代表们结束了关税谈判。

例句：

The article concluded with a restatement of the major points presented.

这篇文章结尾再次重申了它的主旨。

Terminate more specifically suggests reaching an established limit in time or space:

Terminate 更多地专指达到一个在时间或空间上预定的限度：

例句：

The mayor terminated the press conference with a few words of thanks.

市长在新闻发布会结束时再次说了些感谢的话。

例句：

The family lives on a dead-end street that terminates at a fence.

这家住在这条街围着篱笆的尽头。

Complete is sometimes held to be an absolute term likeperfect or chief, which is not subject to comparison. Nonetheless, it can be qualified asmore or less, for example. A majority of the Usage Panel accepts the example

Complete 有时具有绝对的意味， 就象非比较形容词perfect 或 chief 。 然而，它可以用more 或 less 来修饰。 绝大多数用法专题使用小组成员接受下面的句子：

例句：

His book is the most complete treatment of the subject. See Usage Note at perfect

他的书里对这个问题作了*详尽的论述 参见 perfect