culminating

英 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ]

v.  (以某种结果)告终; (在某一点)结束
culminate的现在分词

现在分词：culminating　

BNC.35077

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

• The course is organized into four units, each culminating in a writing assignment.
  本课程分成四个单元，每单元末以一个写作作业为结尾。
• Trends culminating in the mix of investors are seen as evolutionary, a one-way street.
  人们将各种投资者之间发展到极致的趋势视为进化，是一条单行线。
• And long term relationship culminating in marriage?
  和长远的关系，最终导致婚姻？
• When he had said it, he took a culminating pinch of Snuff, and put his box in his pocket.
  说完他嗅了最后一撮鼻烟，然后把鼻烟盒塞进了口袋。
• Google's history in China is a rocky one, culminating in the company's decision to shut down its China operations last year.
  谷歌的中国业务可谓命运多舛，这段坎坷的历程在去年最终公司决定关闭其中国业务是达到了顶点。
• The Construction phase consists of a number of iterations culminating in the Initial Operational Capability Milestone.
  构建阶段包括许多初始操作性能里程碑处的迭代。
• Wellington held the village and the culminating plain; Ney had only the crest and the slope.
  威灵顿有那村子和那片最高的平地，内伊只得了山脊和山坡。
• The International Monetary Fund started a debate on the multiplier last year, culminating in a recent paper by Olivier Blanchard and Daniel Leigh, explaining why economic forecasts have been so persistently wrong during the crisis.
  国际货币基金组织（IMF）去年就财政乘数展开了一场辩论，奥利维尔布兰查德（OlivierBlanchard）和丹尼尔利（DanielLeigh）最近一篇解释危机期间经济预测为何总是出错的文章，将这场辩论推向了高潮。
• What, however, can be said is the fact that the culminating point of my experience made me unspeakably happy.
  但我可以说的是，我的体验的最高点使我感到了无法形容的幸福。
• Being at a peak or culminating point.
  处在顶点或者最高点。