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　

CET6 TOEFL IELTS TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.6551 / COCA.7686

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

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。
They all culminate in these four sections.
它们全部可以归于这4方面。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。