/ˈfɪnɪʃ ||; ˈfɪnɪʃ/verb1 [I,T] finish (sth/doing sth) to complete sth or reach the end of sth 完成；结束: What time does the film finish? 电影什么时候结束？Haven't you finished yet? You've taken ages! 你还没有做完？你做了好久了！The Ethiopian runner won and the Kenyans finished second and third. 埃塞俄比亚赛跑选手得了冠军，亚军和季军都由肯尼亚人获得。Finish your work quickly! 赶快把活儿干完！Have you finished typing that letter? 你把那封信打好了没有？
2 [T] finish sth (off/up) to eat, drink or use the last part of sth 吃光；喝光；用光: Finish up your milk, Tony! 托尼，把牛奶喝完！Who finished off all the bread? 谁把面包吃光了？
3 [T] finish sth (off) to complete the last details of sth or make sth perfect 作最后加工；使…完整或完美: He stayed up all night to finish off the article he was writing. 他为了润色那篇文章，整夜没睡。He's just putting the finishing touches to his painting. 他正给图画添上最后几笔。
finish sb/sth off(
informal 非正式) to kill sb/sth; to be the thing that makes sb unable to continue 杀死；使不能继续；使筋疲力尽:
The cat played with the mouse before finishing it off. 猫儿逗了一回老鼠，然后才把它了结。I was very tired towards the end of the race, and that last hill finished me off. 赛跑快到终点的时候我已经很累，最后那段坡路我再也过不去了。 finish with sb(
informal 非正式) to end a relationship with sb 跟某人断绝关系:
Sally's not going out with David any more -- she finished with him last week. 萨莉不再跟戴维来往了──她上个星期跟他分手了。 finish with sth to stop needing or using sth 不再需要或使用:
I'll borrow that book when you've finished with it. 等你看完那本书，我就把它借过来。