finish: [14] The Latin verb *fīnīre, a derivative of fīnis ‘end, limit’, signified ‘limit’ as well as ‘complete’, but it is the latter which has come down to English via feniss-, the stem of Old French fenir. The Latin past participle, fīnītus, gave English finite [15]. => final, finance, fine, finite
finish (v.)
late 14c., "to bring to an end;" mid-15c., "to come to an end" (intransitive), from Old French finiss-, present participle stem of fenir "stop, finish, come to an end; die" (13c.), from Latin finire "to limit, set bounds; put an end to; come to an end," from finis "that which divides, a boundary, border," figuratively "a limit, an end, close, conclusion; an extremity, highest point; greatest degree," which is of unknown origin, perhaps related to figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)). Meaning "to kill, terminate the existence of" is from 1755.
finish (n.)
1779, "that which finishes or gives completion," from finish (v.). Meaning "the end" is from 1790. Finish line attested from 1873.
雙語例句
1. Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary.
埃利奧特跨過終點線時僅比對手落后半秒鐘。
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2. They meant to finish her off, swiftly and without mercy.
他們打算毫不留情地迅速結果了她。
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3. The game took her less than an hour to finish.
她沒用一個小時就拿下了這場比賽。
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4. We felt we might finish third. Any better would be a bonus.
我們感覺我們可能會獲得第三名，要是能比這個名次更好那就是意外的驚喜了。
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5. The Socialists may still finish ahead of the pack.