endgame

IPA/ˈendɡeɪm/
KK[ˈɛndɡem]IPA/ˈendɡeɪm/

endgame — 名詞

  • endgamesingular
  • endgamesplural

1. the closing phase of a long process such as a negotiation, election campaign, or

1.名詞B2
釋義

收官階段

長期過程接近結束、決定結果的時期

the closing phase of a long process such as a negotiation, election campaign, or business plan, when the remaining decisions will fix the outcome.

例句

Tunde said the trade talks had finally reached their endgame after eleven months.

Tunde 表示，這場貿易談判進行十一個月後終於進入最後階段。

collocation: reach the endgame

In the endgame of the merger, two senior lawyers worked through every weekend.

在這次合併案的收官階段，兩位資深律師連續好幾個週末加班處理。

fixed phrase: in the endgame of [N]

常見搭配
  • reach the endgame
  • the endgame of the war
  • political endgame
  • business endgame
  • approach the endgame
同義詞
  • final stage

    neutral and very common; works in almost any process

  • closing phase

    slightly more formal; common in business reports

  • denouement

    literary; mostly used for stories or dramatic events

反義詞

文法句型

the endgame of [process/event]

in the endgame

用法筆記

Often used in business, politics, and military contexts. Frequently appears after 'the' with a process noun ('the endgame of the war'). Distinguish from sense 2: this sense covers any extended process; sense 2 is restricted to chess.

常見錯誤

We are in the endgame of the meeting' (a single short meeting is too small).
We are in the endgame of the year-long negotiation.
'endgame' fits long processes, not brief events.

2. the part of a chess match that begins after most pieces have been captured, wher

2.名詞B2
釋義

殘局；終局

西洋棋剩沒幾顆子、靠王與餘子分勝負的階段

the part of a chess match that begins after most pieces have been captured, where the kings and a few remaining pieces decide who wins.

例句

Minho lost a difficult endgame when his only rook was trapped near the edge.

Minho 唯一的城堡被困在邊角，輸掉了一場棘手的殘局。

lose / win an endgame

The chess coach told Sofia to study one endgame every night for six months.

西洋棋教練要 Sofia 接下來六個月每晚研究一個殘局。

study / practise the endgame

常見搭配
  • a rook endgame
  • a pawn endgame
  • win the endgame
  • study endgames
同義詞
  • ending

    the standard alternative term used in chess books

  • final stage

    general phrase that also works for chess

反義詞
  • opening

    the first phase of a chess game, before move twenty

  • middlegame

    the phase between opening and endgame

文法句型

the endgame of [a chess game]

play the endgame

用法筆記

Specific to chess (and by analogy, other strategy games). Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names a phase of an actual chess match defined by piece count; sense 1 is a metaphor for long real-world processes.

常見錯誤

The endgame began after fifteen moves' (too early; pieces are still on the board).
The endgame began once most pieces had been captured.
the chess endgame is defined by reduced material, not move number.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • political endgame
  • business endgame
  • chess endgame

常用片語

  • reach the endgame
  • approach the endgame
  • play the endgame

介系詞搭配

  • in the endgame
  • of the endgame