ended

/end/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈɛndəd] /end/ (ame, ipa) · [ˈɛndəd] /ˈend/ (ame, mw)

ended — verb

  • endedpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • endeds3rd person singular
  • endeding-ing form
  • endededpast simple

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

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.

intransitive: [event] ended + at [time]

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

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

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'.