ending指(故事、电影、戏、事情等)结局、结束、收场,侧重指收场的方式,如:The story has a happy ending.那个故事以快乐的结尾收场。
end指“结尾、结果”常指事情最后的部分,The end of the story was well written.故事的结尾部分写得很好。
ending是end的现在分词形式。end是指“结束”的状态,多作名词,后面不接其他词,比如:in the end后面不接其他词,at the end+地点、by the end of +时间;ending是指“结束”的过程,多作名词,词组at the ending后面不接其他词。
He was so miserable that he seriously thought about ending it all.
他难受得甚至认真考虑过要自杀。
The battle finally brought the war to an end.
这一仗使这场战争终告结束。
The debate ended in uproar.
那场争辩以大吵大闹收场。