in conclusion
最後,總之
Con·clu·sion n.
1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. --Prescott.
2. Final decision; determination; result.
And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak.
3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
4. Logic The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.
He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. --Addison.
5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]
Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
And still conclusion. --Shak.
6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.]
We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. --Bacon.
7. Law (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, “against the peace,” etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
Conclusion to the country Law, the conclusion of a pleading by which a party “puts himself upon the country,” i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. --Mozley & W.
In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short.
To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment.
Like the famous ape,
To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak.
Syn: -- Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference.
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in conclusion
adv : the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
[syn: last, lastly, finally]