terminal
adj
1 of the last stage in a fatal disease (致命疾病的)晚期的, 末期的
His illness isterminal, ie cannot be cured. 他的病已到末期.
terminalcancer 晚期癌癥
the `terminal ward, ie in a hospital, for patients who are dying 末期病人病房
a terminal case, ie a patient who is terminally ill 病危患者.
2 of or taking place each term(3) (每)學(xué)期的
terminal examinations, inspections, accounts 期終考試、 檢查、 報告.
3 of, forming or situated at the end or boundary of sth 末端的; 終點(diǎn)的; 分界處的
a terminal marker 終點(diǎn)的標(biāo)志. terminal, n
1 (building at the) end of a railway line, bus route, etc (鐵路、 公共汽車等的)終點(diǎn), 終點(diǎn)站. Cf 參看 terminus.
2 building at an airport or in a town where air passengers arrive and depart (機(jī)場或城市中的)航空集散站.
3 point of connection in an electric circuit (電路的)接頭
the positive/negative terminals, eg of a battery 正[負(fù)]極(如電池的).
4 (computing 計(jì)) apparatus, usu consisting of a keyboard and screen, forcommunicating with the central processor in a computingsystem (計(jì)算機(jī)系統(tǒng)的)終端機(jī).