[mass noun]the action of bringing something or coming to an end 结束,终止 the termination of a contract. 合约的终止。 ■[count noun](chiefly N. Amer.)an act of dismissing someone from employment (主北美)解雇 ■[count noun]an induced abortion 终止妊娠,人工流产 ■[count noun](chiefly N. Amer.)an assassination, especially of an intelligence agent (主北美)暗杀(尤指特工)
an ending or final point of something, in particular 结果;终点,尤指 ■a word's final syllable or letters or letter, especially when constituting an element in inflection or derivation 词尾(尤指屈折变化或派生词的词尾) ■[with adj.](archaic)an ending or result of a specified kind (古)结局 a good result and a happy termination. 一个良好的结果和一个幸福的结局。
派生 terminational adjective 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'determination, decision'): from Old French, or from Latin terminatio(n-), from terminare 'to limit, end'