end

1.注意下面各个用end组成的习语里的结构的异同：

bring...to an end, bring an end to, put an end to, make an end of（都作“使…停止”解），come to an end（停止）

注意：1.各种表达方式里都用an不用the。2. bring...to an end比bring an end to普通。3.put an end to不可改作put...to an end。

2.at an end作“完毕了的”解，是形容词短语。例如：The conference is now at an end. in the end作“最后地”解，是状语短语。例如：In the end we reached an agreement. 偶尔也有人用at the end (=in the end）。

3.make both ends meet是习语，作“量入为出”解，近二三十年来很多人把both省去，用make ends meet。偶尔也有人用make the two ends meet。

4.在end用作“目的”解的时候，说“达到目的”通常用accomplish, attain, effect或gain。

5.The story has a happy end里用end不及用ending普通。

6.an end to that state of things和the successful end to the war等表达方式里的to改作of也可以。

7.There is no end to his energy和There seems to be no end to those recollections等句子里用to比用of普通。但Joseph must have had no end of trouble里用of比用to普通。There are no end of such stories（这种故事是多得讲不完的）里必须用of（注意用are）。

8.no end有时用作状语短语，作“无穷”解。例如：It's no end good of you to say so. The joke made me laugh no end. 和That would help us no end.

9.at this end（在我［们］这方面）和at your end（在你［们］那方面）是商业信函和报纸里的惯用语。

10.the final end里的final是多余的。

11.end作动词用，为了加强语气，后面有时加上up。例如：

• George got in with the wrong crowd of boys and ended up a petty criminal.
• They had been enemies for years, but ended up the best of friends.
• Henry worked all day and went out every night, and at last ended up by（或will）a nervous breakdown.

12.the week ending (on) 4 September和the week ended (on) 4 September都是“9月4日终止的那一星期”。有人说指将来该用第一种形式，指过去该用第二种形式，如We shall spend the week ending (on) 4 September in the country和We spent the week ended (on) 4 September in the country。事实上指将来固然一定用第一种形式，指过去也可以用第一式。

13.把end用作被动语态往往不及用作主动语态合乎习惯。例如：

• The play ends（不用is ended）at eleven o'clock.
• The term will end（不用be ended）early in July.
• The story ends（不用is ended）with a celebration meeting.
• Their estrangement ended（不用was ended）as a result of an explanation.