complete

a. 完全的, 十足的, 完成的
vt. 完成, 完工, 使圆满
【机】 完全, 全部; 完成, 做好

形容词:completive 形容词比较级:completer 最高级:completest 名词:completeness 副词:completely 动词过去式:completed 过去分词:completed 现在分词:completing 第三人称单数:completes 

com.plete

adj.（形容词）
com.plet.er,com.plet.est 缩写 comp.,cpl
Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire:
完全的：具有所有必要的或常规的部分、元件或步骤；全部的：
例句：
a complete meal.
完整的一顿饭

Botany Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.
【植物学】 完整的花的：具有全部基本器官的，即：花萼、花瓣、雄蕊和雌蕊。用于花卉
Having come to an end; concluded.
达到结尾的；完成的
Absolute; total:
彻底的；全部的：
例句：
.In Cairo I have seen buildings which were falling down as they were being put up, buildings whose incompletion was complete.(William H. Gass)
.在开罗，我曾见到过建造中就倒塌的楼房，以及全部未完成的建筑.(威廉H.加斯)



Skilled; accomplished:
熟练的；有才艺的：
例句：
a complete musician.
技术高超的音乐家

Thorough; consummate:
彻底的；完全的：
例句：
a complete coward.
十足的懦夫

v.tr.（及物动词）
com.plet.ed,com.plet.ing,com.pletes
To bring to a finish or an end:
完成或结束：
例句：
She has completed her studies.
她已经完成了学业

To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts:
使齐全，使完整：使完整，具有所有必需的元素和要件：
例句：
A second child would complete their family.
第二个孩子使他们的家更加完美了


来源：
Middle English complet
中古英语 complet
from Latin complôtus [past participle of] complôre [to fill out]
源自 拉丁语 complôtus [] complôre的过去分词 [填写]
com- [intensive pref.] * see com-
com- [前缀，表加强词义] *参见 com-
plôre [to fill] * see pel…-
plôre [装] *参见 pel…-

【引伸】
complete.ly
adv.（副词）
complete.ness
n.（名词）
comple.tive
adj.（形容词）
<参考词汇><同义词>complete,close,end,finish,conclude,terminateThese verbs mean to bring or to come to a natural or proper stopping point.
这些动词都是指达到一个自然或适当的终点。
Complete suggests the final stage in bringing an undertaking to fruition:
Complete 暗指取得成功的最后一步：
例句：
.Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime. (Reinhold Niebuhr).
.我们这辈子连一件有意义的事也没完成. （莱因霍尔德·尼泊赫）。

Close applies to the ending of something ongoing or continuing:
Close 指正在进行的事件接近终点：
例句：
The orchestra closed the concert with an encore.
交响乐团在再来一次的欢呼声中结束了音乐会。

例句：
If there is a further falloff in ticket sales, the play will close.
如果门票销售进一步下跌，这个剧目就会停演。

End emphasizes finality:
End 强调结果：
例句：
We ended the meal with fruit and cheese.
我们最后吃的是水果和奶酪。

例句：
.Where laws end, tyranny begins. (William Pitt).
.哪里没有法制，暴政就从哪里开始. （威廉姆·皮特）。

Finish is sometimes interchangeable withcomplete:
Finish 有时可与complete互换：
例句：
.Give us the tools, and we will finish the job. (Winston S. Churchill).Often, though, it suggests the addition of final details to what has already essentially been completed:
.给我们工具，我们就会干完这些工作. （温斯顿·S·丘吉尔）。不过，它又常暗示着必需完成的另外一些细节：

例句：
I finished the pillowcase with a border of lace.
我给枕套加了一个宽花边。

Conclude adds tocomplete and close a sense of formality:
Conclude 较complete 和 close 更有一种正式味道：
例句：
Government representatives concluded tariff negotiations.
政府代表们结束了关税谈判。

例句：
The article concluded with a restatement of the major points presented.
这篇文章结尾再次重申了它的主旨。

Terminate more specifically suggests reaching an established limit in time or space:
Terminate 更多地专指达到一个在时间或空间上预定的限度：
例句：
The mayor terminated the press conference with a few words of thanks.
市长在新闻发布会结束时再次说了些感谢的话。

例句：
The family lives on a dead-end street that terminates at a fence.
这家住在这条街围着篱笆的尽头。

Complete is sometimes held to be an absolute term likeperfect or chief, which is not subject to comparison. Nonetheless, it can be qualified asmore or less, for example. A majority of the Usage Panel accepts the example
Complete 有时具有绝对的意味， 就象非比较形容词perfect 或 chief 。 然而，它可以用more 或 less 来修饰。 绝大多数用法专题使用小组成员接受下面的句子：
例句：
His book is the most complete treatment of the subject. See Usage Note at perfect
他的书里对这个问题作了最详尽的论述 参见 perfect