成功地完成了规定的工作、计划、任务等，侧重强调达到预期目的的整个过程。

e.g. a man who will never accomplish anything 永远一事无成的人

◎扩展记忆：an accomplished fact 既成事实

2. Achieve

特别强调在困难情况下，通过持续的努力使自己的目的、事业、计划等成功实现。

e.g. She eventually achieved her goal of becoming a professor.

◎扩展记忆：achieve的常见搭配：achieve success/one's ambition/notoriety/peace of mind 获得成功﹑实现抱负﹑落得个臭名﹑得到心情的平静

3. Complete

指完成了一切必要的工作之后将工程、计划、理想、著作等全部结束。

e.g. When will the railway be completed?

◎扩展记忆：complete用作adj.时，有一个很重要的意思--彻底的; 全面的; 完全的

e.g. It was a complete surprise to me.

4. Finish

在许多情况下可与complete换用，但不及complete正式，常含有认真仔细地完成工作最后阶段的精工修饰，使之完美的意思。

e.g. Finish the work off before you leave for your holiday.

◎扩展记忆：sth (off/up)：eat, drink or use what is left of sth 把所剩之物吃完、喝完或用完

e.g. We might as well finish (up) the cake; there isn't much left.

5. Fulfill

达到预期的目标，实现了责任或承诺。

e.g. fulfill a duty, a command, an obligation, etc

◎扩展记忆：~ oneself：fully develop one's abilities and character 充分发挥自己的能力和性格

e.g. He was able to fulfil himself through music.

6. Conclude

一次演讲、一个动作、一个事件等的正式结束。

e.g. The meeting concluded at 8 o'clock.

◎扩展记忆：~ sth from sth：come to believe sth as a result of reasoning （经推理）相信某事物

e.g. The jury concluded, from the evidence, that she was guilty.

7. End

突然的停止或者是自然的有规律的结束。

e.g. They decided to end their relationship.

◎扩展记忆：end-product 是什么意思呢？~最终产品~

8. Realize

使计划中的或期望中的事情成为现实。

e.g. She realized her intention of becoming an actress.

◎扩展记忆：realize有一个很formal的意思--变卖（财产﹑股票等）

e.g. realize one's assets

9. Terminate

明确地终止某件事情或某个计划等。

e.g. The meeting terminated in disorder.

◎扩展记忆：如果说火车或是公交车在某地terminate了，意思就是到终点站了。

e.g. The train from Paris terminates at Waterloo.

Exercises:

1. Translate the following sentence into English.

工人们完成了分配给他们的艰巨任务。

2. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.

How much did you realize on those paintings?

3. Make a sentence with the phrase "fulfill oneself".

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