① accomplish意為succeed in doing sth.,多用于書面語中,指圓滿地完成任務,達到目的,常同purpose,aim,goal,journey,plan 等詞搭配。
The new Five-Year-Plan may be
accomplished ahead of time. 新的五年計劃可以提前完成。
The task won't be
accomplished by one generation. 這項任務并非一代人能夠完成。
② complete比accomplish的含義更具體,含有把不足、缺少或未完成的東西補足完成的意思(make sth. whole or perfect),一般用于工程、建筑、著作的完成,常有“使……完整”的含義。
The hospital building will be
completed in a month. 醫(yī)院大樓將在1個月后完工。
I need one volume to
complete my set of Shakespeare. 我只差一本就可以有全套莎士比亞的作品了。
③ finish表示reach or bring to an end,普通用語,指一個過程的最后完成。
He
finished reading the book last night. 他昨晚讀完了這本書。
提示
finish和complete 有時可通用,但finish 后可接名詞或動名詞,complete 后只可接名詞;finish常指“讀完,用完,吃完,結(jié)束”(強調(diào)reach an end);complete常指“完成(工作、工程),寫完(著作)”(強調(diào)make sth. whole)。
比較
I have
finished the novel.(=I have finished reading the novel. Now I can lend it to you.)我已經(jīng)讀完了這部小說。(讀完,結(jié)束)
I have
completed the novel.(=I have finished writing the novel. =The novel has been written. It is now ready for publication.)我已經(jīng)寫完了這部小說。(完成,落筆)