terminate

終了する、打ち切る

物事を止めたり終わらせたりする。完了前に打ち切る場合もある。

やさしい英語で： To make something stop or finish, sometimes before it is complete.

• You can terminate the service at any time.
• The error caused the program to terminate early.
• They terminated negotiations before reaching an agreement.

類義語： end, stop, discontinue

反対語： begin, continue

よく使う表現： terminate a process, terminate an agreement, terminate a connection

解雇する、雇用契約を終了する

人を解雇したり、雇用契約を終わらせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To end someone’s job or employment agreement.

• The company terminated his employment.
• She was terminated after repeated warnings.
• The employer may terminate the contract with one month’s notice.

類義語： dismiss, fire, lay off

反対語： hire

よく使う表現： terminate someone, terminate employment, terminate a contract

殺す、抹殺する

人や動物を殺す。多くは直接的な言い方を避けるために使う。

やさしい英語で： To kill a person or animal, often described in deliberately indirect language.

• The agent was ordered to terminate the target.
• In the film, the robot terminates anyone who resists.
• The commander refused the order to terminate the prisoners.

類義語： kill, eliminate

よく使う表現： terminate the target, terminate an enemy, terminate someone

境界をなす、区切る

物の端や範囲の境目を形作る。

やさしい英語で： To form the edge or limit of something.

• A curved line terminates the surface.
• The cliff terminates the plateau on its eastern side.
• In the drawing, two straight lines terminate the shaded region.

類義語： bound, delimit

よく使う表現： terminate a surface, terminate the region

境界が明確な、限定された

端や形、範囲がはっきり定まっている。

やさしい英語で： Having a clear, definite edge, shape, or limit.

• The drawing showed a terminate outline.
• Under bright light, the rock cast a sharply terminate shadow.
• The observer described the object as terminate in shape and size.

類義語： bounded, definite

反対語： unbounded

よく使う表現： terminate outline, terminate shadow, terminate form

有限の

限られた数の数字や項で書き表せる。

やさしい英語で： Able to be written with a limited number of digits or terms.

• One quarter has a terminate decimal form.
• The teacher wrote 0.125 as an example of a terminate decimal.
• Unlike one third, one eighth has a terminate decimal expansion.

類義語： terminating, finite

反対語： nonterminating

よく使う表現： terminate decimal, terminate expansion