culminated

英 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd]

美 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd]

v.  (以某种结果)告终; (在某一点)结束
culminate的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• A series of financial disasters culminated in the collapse of the country's largest bank.
  一系列金融灾难最终导致该国最大的银行倒闭。
• The Bretton Woods conference culminated in July 1944, while the second world war was far from over.
  布雷顿森林会议是在1944年7月召开的，当时第二次世界大战还远未结束。
• Their marriage culminated their long friendship.
  他们交友多年，有情人终成眷属。
• The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.
  会议在含泪的拥抱时达到定点。
• Their efforts culminated in a march on Washington, D.C., in1963 to support civil rights legislation.
  1963年民权人士行军到首都华盛顿特区以支持民权立法，运动达到高潮。
• The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.
  上周这一纠纷达到高潮，政府被告上了法庭。
• The science fair culminated in the awarding of prizes.
  科学博览会在授奖时达到了高潮。
• A romance extending over several years was culminated.
  一场数年之久的恋爱就此终结。
• Smith's suicide was the first event in a chain that culminated in exposure of several enormous scandals.
  史密斯的自杀，是一连串事件的第一件。这一连串事件的高潮，是揭发出好几起重大丑闻。
• We orchestrated an effort to achieve a single industry standard, which culminated in a specification for the UML.
  我们组织完成了一个单一的行业标准，使UML成为了业界的规范。