terminate
terminate
verb
terminate someone with extreme prejudice
verb
- [with obj.]bring to an end
终止，结束，使终止
he was advised to terminate the contract.
人们建议他终止这份合同。
■[no obj.](terminate in)(of a thing) have its end at (a specified place) or of (a specified form)
在…结尾，以…收尾
the chain terminated in an iron ball covered with spikes.
链条的尾端是一个布有大钉的铁球。
■[no obj.](of a train, bus, or boat service) end its journey
（火车，公共汽车，船）结束行程（或旅程、航程）
the train will terminate at Stratford.
火车终点将是斯特拉特福德。
■end (a pregnancy) before term by artificial means
人为终止（妊娠）；人工流产
■(chiefly N. Amer.)end the employment of (someone); dismiss
(主北美)免…的职，解雇
Adamson's putting pressure on me to terminate you.
亚当森正给我施压要解雇你。
■(chiefly N. Amer.)assassinate (someone, especially an intelligence agent)
(主北美)暗杀，行刺（尤指特工）
he was terminated by persons unknown.
他被不明身份的人暗杀了。
■(archaic)form the physical end or extremity of (an area)
(古)终结；以…为末端
terminate someone with extreme prejudice
- (chiefly US)murder or assassinate someone (used as a euphemism)
(主美，婉)暗杀；谋杀
- late 16th cent. (in the sense 'direct an action towards a specified end'): from Latin terminat- 'limited, ended', from the verb terminare, from terminus 'end, boundary'
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