| 词汇 | finishing-line |
| 释义 | finishing line noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈfɪn.ɪʃ.ɪŋ ˌlaɪn/ us /ˈfɪn.ɪʃ.ɪŋ ˌlaɪn/(USfinish line) the line at the end of a race: 终点线 cross the finishing lineShe crossed the finishing line with her arms raised in triumph. His wife embraced him at the finishing line. The driver beat his rival to the finishing line. Fabio Pagani/EyeEm/GettyImages the final point of a process, when it can be said to have ended or succeeded: With the finishing line so close, we need to make one last big effort. If enough people don't vote as a protest, it could push the other party across the finishing line. One horse collapsed a few yards from the finishing line. In the end, both runners staggered across the finishing line together. Now that the campaign finishing line is on the horizon, she feels she can relax a little. We are very confident this deal will go to the finishing line. Athletics anchorman athletic athletically athleticism biathlon blade breast the tapeidiom broad jump caber fun run high jumper javelin mile pentathlon race walking run something up runner's high shot-putter sprinter starter You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Coming to an end Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling Examples of finishing linefinishing line As a result, tension is rising, of course, as are the number of sweepstakes on who will be crossing the finishingline first. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Challenger 2 has made the grade to the finishingline and that is also very good news. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were the third boat (two fours boats finished ahead of them) and the first pairs boat to cross the finishingline. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fords took pole position in all the remaining six events, and was first over the finishingline in four of them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Patoulidou took advantage and lunged her body forward for the finishingline. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dhlie completed the 4th leg of the relay, and crossed the finishingline backwards, having won by a margin of over one and a half minutes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bert re-posts the letter, but once again forgets changing the finishing lines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We are approaching the finishingline and are noticing that quite a few of us are becoming nervous. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English However, it looks very much as if the goal posts are being moved each time, so that we will never reach the finishingline. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I hope that this procedure, so close to the finishingline, will have a satisfactory outcome. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This proposal should be the starting rather than the finishingline though, since the objectives go far beyond the creation of an interinstitutional group. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Sometimes the horses that we have backed economically do not even get to the starting gate, let alone the finishingline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Addressing that problem was germane to ensuring that some projects stood a real chance of making it to the finishingline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As soon as we think that we are nearing the end of the race, someone always moves the finishingline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will there be a race to the finishingline? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of finishing line These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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