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完成
wánchéng
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- wánchéng
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- 完成
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- 完成
1 · verb
To bring a task or process to its intended end.
把任务或过程做到预定的结束点。
Use finish doing something, not finish to do.
Let's check the room before we finish the work.
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完成工作前，我们再检查一次房间。
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2 · verb
To bring a task or piece of work to an end.
把一项工作或任务做到结束。
完成 takes a task as its object. Completion does not by itself imply high quality or a passing result.
It took us two days to complete this jigsaw puzzle.
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我们用了两天时间完成这幅拼图。
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She has not finished her homework yet, so she will go out a little later.
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她还没完成作业，所以晚一点再出门。
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