finish

vt. 完成；结束；用完

vi. 结束，终止；终结

n. 结束；完美；回味（葡萄酒）

中文词源

finish 完成

来自拉丁语finis, 终结，边界，进一步来自拉丁语figere, 固定，标记，词源同fix.

finish: finish: [14] The Latin verb *fīnīre, a derivative of fīnis ‘end, limit’, signified ‘limit’ as well as ‘complete’, but it is the latter which has come down to English via feniss-, the stem of Old French fenir. The Latin past participle, fīnītus, gave English finite [15].
=> final, finance, fine, finite
finish (v.): late 14c., "to bring to an end;" mid-15c., "to come to an end" (intransitive), from Old French finiss-, present participle stem of fenir "stop, finish, come to an end; die" (13c.), from Latin finire "to limit, set bounds; put an end to; come to an end," from finis "that which divides, a boundary, border," figuratively "a limit, an end, close, conclusion; an extremity, highest point; greatest degree," which is of unknown origin, perhaps related to figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)). Meaning "to kill, terminate the existence of" is from 1755.
finish (n.): 1779, "that which finishes or gives completion," from finish (v.). Meaning "the end" is from 1790. Finish line attested from 1873.

1. Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary.: 埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。

2. They meant to finish her off, swiftly and without mercy.: 他们打算毫不留情地迅速结果了她。

4. We felt we might finish third. Any better would be a bonus.: 我们感觉我们可能会获得第三名，要是能比这个名次更好那就是意外的惊喜了。