[count]:a final decision or judgment:an opinion or decision that is formed after a period of thought or research结论;推论;判定
What is your conclusion? [=what do you conclude?]你的结论是什么?
The evidence does not support the report's conclusions.证据不支持这份报告的结论。
The evidence points/leads to the inescapable conclusion that she was negligent.证据指向一个必然的结论,那就是她玩忽职守。
The logical/obvious conclusion is that she was negligent.合理/明显的结论是她玩忽职守。
What led/brought you to that conclusion?是什么原因让你得出那样的结论?
After thinking about it, we came to the conclusion [=we decided] that we shouldn't go.考虑之后,我们得出的结论是不应该去。
Scientists haven't yet reached a conclusion [=made a judgment/decision] on/about the causes of this illness.科学家们对这种疾病的起因尚未得出定论。
They haven't yet arrived at a conclusion.他们尚未得出结论。
Is it possible to draw conclusions [=make judgments] from this evidence?是否可能依据这个证据得出结论?
◊ To jump/leap to conclusions is to make judgments too quickly before knowing all the facts.匆忙下结论;贸然断定
The evidence suggests that he's to blame, but let's be careful not to jump to conclusions. He may have a good explanation for what happened.证据表明他应负有责任,但我们还是要谨慎一点,不要贸然下结论。他对于所发生的事情也许会有一个合理解释。
We should hear his explanation before we jump to the conclusion that he's to blame.我们应该先听听他的解释,不要过早判定他有过失。
2
[count]:the last part of something:end结尾;结果;结局 — usually singular通常用单数
Many people were upset at the conclusion of the meeting. [=when the meeting concluded/ended]会议结束时许多人都感到失望。
a satisfactory conclusion to the negotiations令人满意的谈判结果
The conclusion of her speech contained some surprising news.她讲话的结尾部分包含一些惊人的消息。
The strike has finally reached its conclusion. [=has finally ended]罢工终于结束了。
At this point, his victory seems to be a foregone conclusion. [=his victory seems certain; there seems to be no doubt that he will win]此时此刻,他的胜利似乎已成定局。
3
:the act of concluding or finishing something or the state of being finished完成;结束
[singular]
We had hoped for a quick conclusion of/to the war. [=had hoped that the war would end quickly]我们曾经希望战争快点结束。
The case was finally brought to a conclusion [=was finally concluded] last week.那个案子上周终于结案了。
[noncount]
the conclusion of a business deal生意成交
The case was finally brought to conclusion last week.那个案子上周终于结案了。
in conclusion
— used to introduce the final comments at the end of a speech or a piece of writing最后,综上所述,总之(用于在发言或文章中引出最后的论述)
In conclusion, I would like to thank you for inviting me to speak tonight.最后,我要感谢你们邀请我今晚发言。
The evidence does not support the report's conclusions. The evidence points to the inescapable conclusion that she was negligent. The logical conclusion is that she was negligent. What led you to that conclusion? They haven't yet arrived at a conclusion. the conclusion of a business deal The case was finally brought to conclusion last week. See More
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin conclusion-, conclusio, from concludere — see conclude
1opinion reached after considering the facts結論ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONCLUSIONADJECTIVE➤correct正確的結論▸➤logical, reasonable, valid合乎邏輯的/合理的/有根據的結論▸➤inescapable, inevitable, obvious不可避免的/必然的/明顯的結論➤definite, definitive, firm明確的/最後的/確定的結論◇It is difficult to draw any firm conclusions at such an early stage.在這麼早的階段很難得出確定的結論。➤erroneous, false, incorrect, wrong錯誤的結論▸➤main主要的結論▸➤hasty草率的結論➤startling, surprising驚人的結論◇How did he reach this startling conclusion?他是怎麼得出這麼驚人的結論的?➤preliminary, tentative初步的/暫時的結論◇Only tentative conclusions can be drawn from these results.根據這些結果只能得出初步的結論。VERB + CONCLUSION➤arrive at, come to, draw, reach得出結論◇I can't draw any conclusions from what she said.我從她所說的話中得不出任何結論。➤jump to, leap to匆匆作出/貿然下結論◇We don't want to jump to the wrong conclusion.我們不想因匆忙而得出錯誤結論。◇Don't go jumping to conclusions before you know the facts.瞭解事實之前,不要匆匆下結論。➤base on, derive from以⋯為依據得出結論;根據⋯得出結論◇He bases his conclusions on very limited research.他的結論建立在十分有限的研究基礎上。➤lead to, point to導向/顯示結論◇It all points to the conclusion that nobody knew what was going on.所有的事實都指向這個結論:沒有人知道發生了什麼事。➤confirm, justify, reinforce, strengthen, support證實結論;證明結論的合理性;加強結論;鞏固結論;支持結論◇The data he collected strengthened his conclusions.收集到的數據強化了他的結論。➤warrant證明結論正確◇This does not warrant the conclusion that he failed.這並不一定能得出他失敗了的結論。➡ topic at meetingconclusion
noun²
2ending of sth結局ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONCLUSION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤satisfactory, satisfying, successful令人滿意的結局;成功的結束➤fitting恰當的結局◇This performance was a fitting conclusion to his career.這次演出為他的職業生涯適時地畫上了句號。➤foregone必然結果◇The result of the game was a foregone conclusion.這場比賽的結果是意料之中的。➤hasty匆忙的結束➤final, ultimate最後的結局◇The story's ultimate conclusion does not come as a surprise.故事的最終結局並不出人意料。VERB + CONCLUSION➤bring about, bring sth to導致結局;使⋯結束◇The meeting was brought to a hasty conclusion.會議草草結束了。➤come to告終PREPOSITION➤in conclusion綜上所述◇In conclusion, I would like to thank you all for your hard work.最後,我想對你們所有人的辛勤工作表示感謝。➡ topic at meeting