题目

谁能帮我区别一下end 和 finish

提问时间：2020-11-06

答案

这2者,意思相近,有时可以互相替换.但是有几个地方用法不同.
1.finish' + object:当我们说道什么东西快要结束或者什么活动快要结束了,习惯多用finish.
如：He never lets me finish a sentence.
She's always starting something new,but she never finishes anything.
You'll never finish that hamburger – it's too big for you.
Have you finished cleaning the floor yet?
注意：finish 后可以加动词ing形式.end不能
2.'end' + object:当我们说停止什么或者 breaking something off,我们常用end
如：I decided it was time to end our affair
It's time to end the uncertainty – the Prime Minister must speak out.
3.'end' + object = 'bring to a close'
When we are talking about a special way of bringing something to a close of 'shaping the end of something,we usually prefer 'end'
How do you end a letter to somebody you don't know?
She ended her concert with three songs by Schubert.
My father ended his days (=died) in a mental hospital.
4.shape
When we are referring to the shape of things,rather than to time,we normally use 'end.'
The road ended in a building site (NOT The road finished…)
Nouns that end in –s have plurals in –es…."
5.changes End is more common when there is an important change.
I decided it was time to end our affair.
It’s time to end the uncertainty – the Prime Minister must speak out.
The Second World War ended in 1945….