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

This often overlooked step can help avoid confusion and frustration that often culminate in an expensive visit by a security specialist.
这一经常忽视的步骤可以帮助避免混淆和失败，而它们往往以安全性专家的昂贵访问而告终。
They all culminate in these four sections.
它们全部可以归于这4方面。
Proper cultivation and care will culminate in the best crops and therefore the finest ingredients.
精心的耕种和培育会最终收获优良的庄家，因此得到最上乘的配料。
A series of international meetings held over the last ten weeks will culminate in the Geneva meeting.
过去十周内举行的一系列国际会议将于这次日内瓦会议达到高潮。
Three things could culminate in September to send investors scrambling from emerging markets.
三件事可能在9月份到达顶峰，让新兴市场投资者陷入混乱。
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。
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。
We ask for patience at this time for crucial events are going to be set in motion which will culminate in a series of catastrophic results.
我们请求你们在此时此刻保持耐心，因为决定性的事件即将发动，这将以一系列激变的结果告终。
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。
They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk
他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。