finality

英 [faɪˈnæləti]

美 [faɪˈnæləti]

n.  终结; 定局; 不可改变性

复数：finalities　

法律

BNC.20177 / COCA.15811

牛津词典

noun

• 终结；定局；不可改变性
  the quality of being final and impossible to change
  1. the finality of death
     死亡的不可改变性
  2. There was a note of finality in his voice.
     他的话有斩钉截铁的意味。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 终结性;决定性;不可改变性
  Finalityis the quality of being final and impossible to change. If you say something withfinality, you say it in a way that shows that you have made up your mind about something and do not want to discuss it further.
  1. Young children have difficulty grasping the finality of death...
     小孩子很难理解死亡的不可改变性。
  2. 'Not this time, Faye,' he replied with finality.
     “这次不行，费伊，”他斩钉截铁地说。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being final or definitely settled
  1. the finality of death
  Synonym:conclusivenessdecisiveness

双语例句

• My finality will may be perfect.
  我的终结将会是完美的。
• I accept it. I accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified next monday in the electoral college? and tonight?
  我接受了最终的结果，下星期一，这个结果会在选举人团会议上得到确认。
• Against all this impassioned talk we have to stress the hard fact that the natural sciences have no intellectual tool to deal with ideas and with finality.
  针对所有这些狂热的说法，我们必须强调这个确定的事实：自然科学没有处理观念与最后原因的知识工具。
• The finality of the woman's manner took away his feeling of superiority in battle.
  这女人那种最后摊牌的神气使他在争吵中感到处于劣势。
• If Japan remains isolated and protected, he concludes with a finality, it will become a second Greece or a third Portugal.
  如果日本继续实施孤立政策、保护国内市场，他一锤定音地总结道，那么就会成为第二个希腊、第三个葡萄牙。
• The flower's form as we see it represents its "finality", and this finality provides the basis for the judgment of its beauty.
  我们看到的花儿的形式就代表它的“终结”。这种终结提供了其接受审美判断的基础。
• To question the finality of the principle of entropy is not to dispute the second law of thermodynamics.
  对熵原理所导致的结局提出质疑，并不意味着争辩第二热力学定律的真实性。
• She went out and with irrevocable finality, slammed the door of her doll house Behind her.
  她走出了房子，毫不犹豫地、决然地砰地一声关上了玩偶之家的大门。
• Ideally, finality of payment and settlement should be achieved as soon as possible after the transaction has been agreed.
  最理想的，当然是在商定交易后，尽快完成支付和交收的程序。
• 'Not this time, Faye,' he replied with finality.
  “这次不行，费伊，”他斩钉截铁地说。