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

• 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。
• 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。
• This proce should culminate in the introduction of the single currency by the end of the century.
  这一进程最终将于20世纪末引入单一货币。
• Industry should embrace stronger environmental controls, a leading chemicals manufacturer has urged, as ministers from the world's biggest polluting countries meet in London for the final stages of climate change talks that will culminate in Copenhagen in December.
  工业界应采取更严格的环境控制标准，一家领先的化学品制造商呼吁说。目前全球各大污染排放国家的部长们正在伦敦开会，在12月份哥本哈根气候变化峰会之前进行最后阶段的谈判。
• Additionally, predictable revenue, huge market caps, and new competition culminate into a perfect storm.
  此外，可预见的收入、庞大的市值，还有新的竞争，经过发酵最终必将爆发一场完美风暴。
• 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。
• 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。
• All his effort culminate in failure.
  她的全部努力以失败而告终。
• They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk
  他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
• 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。