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

• 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。
• The two-week-long talks, in early December in Poznan, are not expected to produce much progress in the two-year negotiations, which began last year in Bali and will culminate late next year in a conference in Copenhagen.
  将于12月初在波兹南召开的会议为期两周，预计不会取得太大进展。此次会议是为期两年的谈判进程（去年从巴厘开始，明年末将在哥本哈根举行最后一次会议）的一部分。
• 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。
• For these reasons, I launched a consultative process in2010 on the future of financing for WHO that will shortly culminate in a plan of reform for the Organization.
  正是由于这些原因，我在2010年启动了世卫组织未来筹资问题磋商进程，并将于不久制定本组织改革计划。
• But it could yet culminate in another big deal.
  但这也可能要在另一个大型交易中才会达到顶点。
• Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
  贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件，这些事件最终将以悲剧收场。
• 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。
• The guide also describes some of the career paths that culminate in leadership positions in critical care medicine.
  指南还对危重病护理医学中领导职位职业提升途径进行了描述。
• And in just a few days, a century-long struggle will culminate in a historic vote.
  几天之后，在历史性的投票中，长达一个世纪的努力即将达到高潮。
• Her 10-year love affair is about to culminate in a wedding.
  她长达十年的爱情长跑终于要在婚礼中走向高潮了。