汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 善始善終
善始善終 (善始善终)
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
Things have a good beginning and a good ending / Describe serious work
有好的开头,也有好的结尾以荣名终,称贤相,岂不善始善终哉|做事情要善始善终,不能虎头蛇尾。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

善始善终能促进我们微循环系统血流通畅。

Do a thing through from beginning to end can promote we the tiny circulatory system blood is lucid.

温室也意味着人类的生命形成奇怪地看到善始善终

Greenhouses also signify man's wonder at seeing life take shape from beginning to end.

在这个反复无常的世界里,我们竭力保持自身的一致性,力图善始善终

In an inconsistent world we at least should be self-consistent.

不过,他的好斗并不总是善始善终,有时为了点小事大做文章,却不能坚持到底。

But his aggression is not always channelled to useful ends, and he sometimes talks up a tempest but fails to follow through.

这也就是为什么每次他们清洁玩具或脏衣服时,我们表扬他们——为的是他们能善始善终

That is why every time they clean up their toys or dirty laundry, we praise them - so that they continue down the road they started.

赛斯克喜欢善始善终。他这个赛季可以更多的投入进攻因为他有了两个帮手来协助防守。

Cesc likes to be at the start of things and then get on the end of things. And he can push forward more this season because he has two players around him who can defend.

如果一个国家率先在[font=宋体]近海开采石油,一旦石油被采完,他也必须率先清理这些设施,这也体现了一种善始善终的精神[font=宋体]。

There would be a neat symmetry if a country that helped topioneer offshore oil-drilling also pioneered the cleanup necessary once all the oil is gone. [/align]