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com·plete AHD[kəm-plētʹ] D.J.[kəmˈpliːt]K.K.[kəmˈplit]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：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："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：a complete musician.技术高超的音乐家
- Thorough; consummate:彻底的；完全的：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：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：A second child would complete their family.第二个孩子使他们的家更加完美了
- Middle English complet 中古英语 complet
- from Latin complētus [past participle of] complēre [to fill out] 源自 拉丁语 complētus complēre的过去分词 [填写]
- com- [intensive pref.] * see com- com- [前缀，表加强词义] * 参见 com-
- plēre [to fill] * see pelə- 1plēre [装] * 参见 pelə- 1
completeʹly adv.（副词）completeʹness n.（名词）compleʹtive adj.（形容词）complete, close, end, finish, conclude, terminate- These 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 暗指取得成功的最后一步： "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： 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。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： We ended the meal with fruit and cheese.我们最后吃的是水果和奶酪。"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： "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： 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： Government representatives concluded tariff negotiations.政府代表们结束了关税谈判。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： 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。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： 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最详尽的论述 参见 perfect
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