endings
endings — 名詞
- endingssingular
- endingsesplural
1. the final section or scene of a book, film, performance, or event, where the sto
結局
故事或活動的尾聲部分
the final section or scene of a book, film, performance, or event, where the story or activity reaches its close.
The ending of the film surprised Tara and her friends completely.
那部電影的結局讓 Tara 和她的朋友們大吃一驚。
collocation: surprising / unexpected ending
Brandon's novel has a happy ending where the two sisters finally reunite.
Brandon 的小說有個快樂的結局，兩姊妹終於團聚。
collocation: happy ending
Greta loved the story's ending so much that she read it twice.
Greta 非常喜愛這個故事的結局，以至於讀了兩遍。
Most viewers agreed that the ending of the show felt rushed.
多數觀眾認為這齣劇的結尾很倉促。
collocation: rushed / unsatisfying ending
The grand fireworks display was a beautiful ending to the festival week.
盛大的煙火表演為音樂節畫下了美好的句點。
- happy ending
- sad ending
- surprise ending
- story ending
- movie ending
- ending scene
- conclusion
more formal; common in academic and formal writing
- finale
used specifically for performances, concerts, or shows
- close
suggests the final moment of an event or period
文法句型
[adjective] ending
ending of [noun]
用法筆記
Often paired with adjectives like happy, sad, surprising, or unexpected to describe the emotional quality of the close.
常見錯誤
2. a letter or group of letters attached to the final part of a base word to change
詞尾
加在詞末表示文法功能的字母
a letter or group of letters attached to the final part of a base word to change its grammatical form, such as to show tense, number, or case.
In English, the plural ending -s turns 'cat' into 'cats'.
在英文中，複數詞尾 -s 把 cat 變成 cats。
pattern: plural ending -s for nouns
Lan is studying the verb endings for present-tense Spanish.
Lan 正在學習西班牙文現在式的動詞詞尾。
Roya explained that -ed is a common past-tense ending in English.
Roya 解釋說 -ed 是英文中常見的過去式詞尾。
pattern: past-tense ending -ed
Femi's teacher asked the class to identify the adjective ending for feminine nouns.
Femi 的老師要全班找出陰性名詞的形容詞詞尾。
pattern: adjective endings for gender agreement
The students practised adding correct endings to regular verbs in their workbook.
學生們在練習簿上練習在規則動詞後加上正確的詞尾。
- verb ending
- noun ending
- plural ending
- past-tense ending
- adjective ending
- case ending
- inflectional ending
- suffix
broader category; includes derivational endings that create new words
- inflection
the process or result of adding grammatical endings to a word
- morpheme
a more technical term for the smallest meaningful unit in a language
- prefix
a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word
文法句型
[part of speech] ending
[grammatical function] ending
用法筆記
Common in language-learning and grammar contexts. Also called inflectional ending in formal linguistics. Endings are different from suffixes in that they are purely grammatical and do not create new dictionary words.