terminator

加州府裁員2萬20萬人減薪
美國加州由於府會預算僵局難解，州政府財政面臨斷炊危機，共和黨籍州長阿諾．史瓦辛格彷彿又扮起魔鬼終結者（terminator），七月卅一日簽署行政命令，裁掉逾兩萬名兼職雇員，而廿萬名公務員也要暫時減薪。但民主黨籍加州華裔主計長江俊輝已表明拒絕奉令行事。

terminator
n.

1. One that terminates: a terminator of unpopular policies.
2. The dividing line between the bright and shaded regions of the disk of the moon or an inner planet.
3. A sequence of nucleotides that signals the end of transcription or translation and the completion of the synthesis of a nucleic acid or protein molecule.

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verb [I or T] FORMAL
to (cause something to) end or stop:
They terminated my contract in October.
This train will terminate at the next stop - passengers who wish to continue should change trains.

termination Hide phonetics
noun [U] FORMAL

ter・mi・nate

━━ v. 終る［らす］; 尽きる; （列車が）終着となる ((at)); 限る, …の境界をなす; 【医】（胎児を）人工中絶する.
ter・mi・na・tion　━━ n. 終結; 満期; 末端; 限界; 結果; 【文法】（屈折）語尾; 【医】人工中絶.
ter・mi・na・tive　━━ a. 終止の; 終結の, 決定的な.
ter・mi・na・tor　━━ n. 【コンピュータ】終端器; 【天文】ターミネーター ((惑星などの明るい部分と暗い部分との境)).