finish

終わり、ゴール

活動や出来事、旅が終わる時点や最後の部分。

やさしい英語で： The end or final part of an activity, event, or journey.

• The race had an exciting finish.
• She was ahead from start to finish.
• Both runners reached the finish together.

類義語： end, ending

反対語： start, beginning

よく使う表現： finish line, close finish, strong finish

仕上げ、表面仕上げ

加工した表面の最後の塗装や見た目。

やさしい英語で： The final coating or appearance of a surface after it has been treated.

• The table has a smooth finish.
• This paint gives the walls a soft finish.
• Water damaged the finish on the wooden floor.

類義語： coating

よく使う表現： smooth finish, glossy finish, wood finish

終わる、終える

していることを最後まで済ませる。また、活動や出来事が終わる。

やさしい英語で： To reach the end of something you are doing, or for an activity or event to end.

• School finishes at three.
• I finished the book yesterday.
• Have you finished writing your letter?

使い方： finish doing something (I finished cleaning the kitchen.); finish something (She finished her homework before dinner.)

類義語： end, complete

反対語： start, begin

よく使う表現： finish work, finish a task, finish at noon

使い切る、食べ切る、飲み干す

残っているものを全部食べる、飲む、または使う。

やさしい英語で： To eat, drink, or use all that remains of something.

• Please finish your milk.
• He finished off the last piece of cake.
• We finished up the soup yesterday.

使い方： finish something up/off (We finished up the bread at lunch.)

類義語： use up, consume

よく使う表現： finish something up, finish something off, finish the milk

疲れ果てさせる、とどめを刺す

人を疲れ果てさせる。また、弱った人や負傷者にとどめを刺す。

やさしい英語で： To make someone completely tired, or to kill someone who is already weak or hurt.

• That last hill finished me off.
• The attacker returned to finish off the wounded guard.
• Another hour of work would finish us off.

使い方： finish someone off (The long walk in the heat finished me off.)

よく使う表現： finish someone off, finish me off, finish them off

使い終わる、用を済ませる

必要なことを済ませ、その物をもう使わなくなる。

やさしい英語で： To stop using or needing something because you have done everything you wanted with it.

• Are you finished with this chair?
• I am finished with the computer now.
• She returned the books when she had finished with them.

使い方： be finished with something (Are you finished with the newspaper?); finish with something (Please return the tools when you finish with them.)

類義語： be done with

よく使う表現： finish with something, finish with someone

仕上げる

表面を滑らかにしたり保護したりする最後の加工をする。

やさしい英語で： To give a surface its final treatment, making it smooth, protected, or ready to use.

• They finish the wood by hand.
• He finished the table with a thin coat of oil.
• The cabinet was finished in dark varnish.

使い方： finish something with something (We finished the table with clear varnish.); be finished in something (The cupboard is finished in white paint.)

よく使う表現： finish wood, finish a surface, finish with varnish

肥育する

食肉用の家畜に特別な餌を与え、出荷前に太らせる。

やさしい英語で： To give farm animals special food to make them heavier before they are killed for meat.

• They finish cattle on grain.
• These lambs were finished on fresh pasture.
• How long does it take to finish the pigs?

使い方： finish animals on something (The farmer finishes his cattle on grass.)

類義語： fatten

よく使う表現： finish cattle, finish on grain, finish on grass