finite
['faɪ.naɪt] adjective
LIMITED 有限的
■having a limit or end 有限的；有限制的；有尽的•The funds available for the health service are finite and we cannot afford to waste money.用于公共医疗服务的资金是有限的，我们浪费不起。 •We only have a finite amount of time to complete this task - we can't continue indefinitely.我们须在有限的时间内完成这项任务，不能无限期地做下去。
['faɪ.naɪt] adjective
GRAMMAR 文法
■in a form that shows the tense and subject of a verb, rather than the infinitive form or a participle （动词的形式）限定的•In the following sentence 'go' is finite: "I often go to the cinema."在句子 I often go to the cinema 中，go 是限定动词。 |