It's a sculpture carved from the tusk of a mammoth—it must have been towards the end of the tusk, because it's slim, slightly curved.

这是一件用猛犸象的象牙雕刻而成的雕塑——肯定是象牙接近尾端的部分，因为其形状纤细、略呈弧形。

She fell back towards the end of the race.

赛跑快结束时她落后了。

Tempers flared towards the end of the meeting.

会议快结束时群情激愤。

He became very weak towards the end of his life.

他临终时很虚弱。

I think it happened, well, towards the end of last summer.

我想事情发生在，对了，快到上个夏末的时候。