complete 侧重指完成预定的任务或使某事完善，补足缺少的部分等。
finish 与complete基本同义，着重圆满地结束或完成已着手的事。
end 最普通用词，着重事情的完成。也指某种活动因达到目的而自然结束或由于某种原因而突然中止。
close 普通用词，着重行为的终止或结束，不强调其目的。
conclude 正式用词，多指以某事或活动达到预期目的而告终。
terminate 强调有一个空间和时间的限度，届时必须终止。书面语用词。
accomplish 正式用词，强调一个过程的完成；也可指依靠努力达到一定目的，或取得一定的结果。
参考例句
1. He finished up a painting. 他给图画作最后的润色。
2. I stayed late to finish my work. 我呆的很晚来完成我的工作。
3. Must I finish the work before supper? 我必须在晚饭前完成工作么?
英英解释
n.
1. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
2. designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
3. the act of finishing
4. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
5. the temporal end; the concluding time
6. (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
7. event whose occurrence ends something
8. the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
9. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality v.
1. come or bring to a finish or an end
2. finally be or do something
3. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
4. provide with a finish
5. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
6. cause to finish a relationship with somebody
