culminate

英 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪt]

美 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪt]

v.  (以某种结果)告终; (在某一点)结束

现在分词：culminating　过去式：culminated　第三人称单数：culminates　过去分词：culminated　

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牛津词典

verb

• （以某种结果）告终；（在某一点）结束
  to end with a particular result, or at a particular point
  1. a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers
     一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战
  2. Months of hard work culminated in success.
     几个月的艰辛工作终于取得了成功。
  3. Their summer tour will culminate at a spectacular concert in London.
     在伦敦举行的一场精彩的音乐会将为他们的夏季巡回演出画上句号。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (以…)结束，告终
  If you say that an activity, process, or series of eventsculminates inorwitha particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
  1. They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk...
     他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
  2. The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner on November 20.
     百年庆典活动将在11月20日的宴会中宣告结束。

英英释义

verb

• rise to, or form, a summit
  1. The helmet culminated in a crest
• bring to a head or to the highest point
  1. Seurat culminated pointillism
• end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
  1. The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
  Synonym:climax
• reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
• reach the highest or most decisive point

双语例句

• Many campaigns culminate in the23rd month, not running out the full two years.
  许多上涨的高潮出现在第23个月，而运行不超过整整两年。
• This could culminate in defensive US military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a deepening quagmire eventually encompassing Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  这一切可能会在美国对伊朗的防御性军事行动中达到高潮，使单打独斗的美国陷入一个越来越深的沼泽，最终被伊拉克、伊朗、阿富汗和巴基斯坦所包围。
• Three things could culminate in September to send investors scrambling from emerging markets.
  三件事可能在9月份到达顶峰，让新兴市场投资者陷入混乱。
• A series of international meetings held over the last ten weeks will culminate in the Geneva meeting.
  过去十周内举行的一系列国际会议将于这次日内瓦会议达到高潮。
• If they were allowed their own way, every comedy would have a tragic ending, and every tragedy would culminate in a farce.
  要是由着他们干的话，每一部喜剧都会有个悲剧性的结局，而每一部悲剧也都以闹剧告终。
• This program can culminate in either an MBA or an MA degree.
  这个程序可以在任何最终的MBA学位或硕士学位。
• The course will culminate in a large, final composition and a public concert during the last week.
  课程将以期末大型乐曲创作，以及最后一周的公开音乐会做为结束。
• If god's arrangement, all culminate in a day.
  是否上天冥冥之中的安排，一切巧合聚在一天之中。
• They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk
  他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
• They all culminate in these four sections.
  它们全部可以归于这4方面。