ending可以单独使用。当强调“已经结束”这一状态时，要用end。当强调“怎样结束”这一过程时，则用ending。例句：I told him my main reservation about his film was the ending.我告诉他我主要是对他电影的结尾有保留意见。

ending读法：英 [ˈendɪŋ]；美 [ˈendɪŋ]

n.(故事、电影等的)结尾，结局；结束；终结；最后部分；词尾。

v.结束；终止。

复数：endings

1、Pay curbs appear to be ending.

薪酬限制看来正逐渐结束。

2、The lib dems just wrote its natural ending.

自由民主党也就写了个大结局。

3、The remarkable thing about this book is the ending.

这本书值得注意的是它的结尾。

4、They all help you to mourn an ending.

这些都能帮你向终结致哀。

5、There may yet be a happy ending.

至今，事件可能会完美收场。

1、end的基本意思是“最后部分”“末尾”,引申可表示“端”“尽头”“梢”“终止”“死去”等。

2、end还可作“目的”解,是可数名词,说“达到目的”时常可与accomplish,achieve,attain,compass,gain,obtain,reach,secure,win等动词连用。

3、end作“结局”“结果”解时可加不定冠词。

1、I enjoyed the movie but I thought the ending was very weak.

我喜欢这部电影，但是觉得结尾很牵强。

2、The ending of the novel is a little too pat to be convincing.

小说的结尾有点过于简单，令人难以置信。

3、The new model will be in production by the end of the year.

新型号将于年底投产。

4、We had come to a dead end in our research.

我们的研究工作已陷入绝境。

5、I'm sure you'll get there in the end.

我相信你最终会成功的。

6、That was by no means the end of the matter.

事情决不可能到此为止。

7、At the end of the day we were£20 down.

一天下来我们少了20英镑。

8、With this end in view they employed 50 new staff.

为了达到这个目标他们雇用了50名新职员。

9、Work always piles up at the end of the year.

年底总是积压一大堆工作。

10、Are there any problems at your end?

你那边有什么问题吗？

11、They are at the end of their food supply.

他们的食物储备已消耗殆尽。

12、The results of the research are summarized at the end of the chapter.

在这一章末尾对研究结果作了总结。

13、Rule a line at the end of every piece of work.

在每一篇作品的末尾画一条直线。

14、He became very weak towards the end of his life.

他临终时很虚弱。

15、The end result of her hard work was a place at medical school.

她勤奋苦读，终于进了医学院。

16、The hospital closed at the end of last year.

这所医院去年年底关闭。

17、Failing one exam is not the end of the world.

一次考试不及格并非世界末日。

18、The new rules could mean the end of football as we know it.

这些新规则可能意味着我们熟悉的足球终结了。

19、Turn right at the end of the road.

在路的尽头向右转。

20、You've got something on the end of your nose.

你的鼻尖上有个东西。