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 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。
• They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk
  他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
• 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。
• All his effort culminate in failure.
  她的全部努力以失败而告终。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All his efforts culminate in selling the house.
  他为售出这房子，所有的努力都以失败而告终。
• These features and this combination culminate in significantly reduced Packaging, Storage and Handling costs.
  这些特性和这种组合最终导致大幅减少包装，储存和装卸费用。
• The year-long activities will culminate in Dakar, with the holding of the sixth global forum of the Council in December 2003.
  全年的活动将以2003年12月塞内加尔达卡尔举行的理事会第六次全球论坛为高潮。