terminal

1. ADJ A terminal illness or disease causes death, often slowly, and cannot be cured. (疾病) 晚期的; 致命的

...terminal cancer. …晚期癌癥。

2. terminallyADV 致命地[ADV adj]

The patient is terminally ill. 這個(gè)病人病入膏肓。

3. N-COUNT A terminal is a place where vehicles, passengers, or goods begin or end a journey. 起點(diǎn)站; 終點(diǎn)站[usu supp N]

Plans are underway for a new terminal at Dulles airport. 正計(jì)劃在杜勒斯機(jī)場修建新的航站大樓。

4. N-COUNT A computer terminal is a piece of equipment consisting of a keyboard and a screen that is used for putting information into a computer or getting information from it. (計(jì)算機(jī)) 終端[計(jì)算機(jī)]

Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week. 卡爾每周要在電腦前坐40小時(shí)。

5. N-COUNT On a piece of electrical equipment, a terminal is one of the points where electricity enters or leaves it. (電路的) 端頭

...the positive terminal of the battery. …電池的正極。