ended

ended — 動詞

1. the past form of 'end' — used when a situation, event, or process that was happe

1.動詞及物 / 不及物A2
釋義

結束

停止;完成

the past form of 'end' — used when a situation, event, or process that was happening reached a stopping point, either naturally or because someone made it stop

例句

The concert ended at eleven o'clock, so we caught the last train home.

演唱會在十一點結束,所以我們趕上了最後一班火車回家。

intransitive: [event] ended + at [time]

Christopher ended his presentation with a short video of the new product.

Christopher 用一段新產品的短片結束了他的簡報。

transitive: [person] ended [something] + with [object]

常見搭配
  • ended with
  • ended by
  • ended at
  • finally ended
  • ended early
  • ended abruptly
  • eventually ended
同義詞
  • finished

    more natural for completing a task; implies reaching the last stage

  • concluded

    more formal; typical for meetings, ceremonies, or planned events

  • stopped

    more sudden; does not suggest the event reached a natural finish

反義詞
  • started

    opposite — the moment something began

  • began

    opposite — the point at which something came into being

文法句型

[event] ended + at/on/in [time]

[person] ended [something] + with/by [method]

用法筆記

Commonly used with time expressions (at, on, in) or manner expressions (with, by). Both intransitive use — [event] ended — and transitive use — [someone] ended [something] — are equally frequent in everyday English.

常見錯誤

I ended reading the book last night.
I finished reading the book last night.
'ended' means stopped or ceased; 'finished' is the natural choice when completing a task.
The meeting ended by the manager.
The manager ended the meeting.
in transitive use, the person who causes the end is the subject, not preceded by 'by'.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • come to an end
  • bring to an end

介系詞搭配