| 正面 | 7821.culminate 英 ['kʌlmɪneɪt]美 ['kʌlmɪnet]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. excel / excellent => cell- / -cel "rise, be high, rise high" (Latin cellere (pp. celsus) "rise, be high"), cognate with Latin collis "hill", English hill, column, culminate.2. => hill, cul- "hill, top, peak, summit", col- "pillar, column, projecting object".3. => cul- + -men- / -min- "passive suffix" => culmen / culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit".4. Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit".5. => col- + -umn (-omen-在此单词中的变体) (与单词 alumnus 类同，进行对照理解和记忆) => column "pillar, column, projecting object".6. culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit" + -ate => culminate.vi. 到绝顶；达到高潮；达到顶点vt. 使结束；使达到高潮 例句： 1. Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件，这些事件最终将以悲剧收场。 culminate 终结来自拉丁语culmen,顶点，词源同hill,column. culminate (v.)1640s, from Late Latin culminatus past participle of culminare "to top, to crown," from Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit, roof, gable," also used figuratively, contraction of columen (see column). Related: Culminated; culminating." |