mid-15c., "relating to or marking boundaries," from Latin terminalis "pertaining to a boundary or end, final," from terminus "end, boundary line" (see terminus). Meaning "fatal" (terminal illness) is first recorded 1891. Sense of "situated at the extreme end" (of something) is from 1805. Slang meaning "extreme" first recorded 1983. Related: Termninally.
terminal (n.)
"end point of a railway line," 1888, from terminal (adj.); sense of "device for communicating with a computer" is first recorded 1954. Earlier "final part of a word" (1831).
雙語例句
1. He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer.
他最終被診斷出患了晚期癌癥。
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2. He made a round-trip to the terminal and back.
他到了終點，又折回來。
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3. Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.
卡爾每周在電腦終端前坐40個小時。
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4. My own house feels as filthy and chaotic as a bus terminal.
我自家的房子感覺又臟又亂，活像公共汽車終點站。
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5. He then soldered the wire to the telephone terminal.