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culminate vi.达到顶点；达到高潮；告终vt.使达高潮；使结束 (1) 她一生事业的顶峰是当上董事。(2) 人人都担心，这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争告终。(3) 他俩交友有年,最后终成眷属。(4) 朗诵莎士比亚的一篇作品做为演出的结束。 The word culminate derives from the Latin word culminatus, the past participle of culminare, which means "to top, to crown." Don’t be afraid of the Latin: it’s on your side. Knowing the Latin origin can help you remember the meaning of culminate. Use culminate when you are referring to a crowning moment or a final conclusion: “I want my experiments combining strawberry jam with burnt toast to culminate in a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.”

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英 ['kʌlmɪneɪt] 美 ['kʌlmɪneɪt] (1) Her career culminated in her appointment as director.(2) Everyone feared that the boundary dispute between these two countries would culminate in a war.(3) Their marriage culminated their long friendship.(4) A reading from Shakespeare culminates the performance. The verb culminate is used to describe a high point or a climactic stage in a process. For example, the goal of a Major League baseball team is to have their season culminate in a World Series victory. 1[VERB 动词](以…)结束，告终 If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.   [V in/with n]They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk...他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。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。

英语单词	culminate
英美音标	英 ['kʌlmɪneɪt] 美 ['kʌlmɪneɪt]
中文释义	vi.达到顶点；达到高潮；告终 vt.使达高潮；使结束
英语例句	(1) Her career culminated in her appointment as director. (2) Everyone feared that the boundary dispute between these two countries would culminate in a war. (3) Their marriage culminated their long friendship. (4) A reading from Shakespeare culminates the performance.
中文例句	(1) 她一生事业的顶峰是当上董事。 (2) 人人都担心，这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争告终。 (3) 他俩交友有年,最后终成眷属。 (4) 朗诵莎士比亚的一篇作品做为演出的结束。
vocabulary简明	The verb culminate is used to describe a high point or a climactic stage in a process. For example, the goal of a Major League baseball team is to have their season culminate in a World Series victory.
vocabulary扩展	The word culminate derives from the Latin word culminatus, the past participle of culminare, which means "to top, to crown." Don’t be afraid of the Latin: it’s on your side. Knowing the Latin origin can help you remember the meaning of culminate. Use culminate when you are referring to a crowning moment or a final conclusion: “I want my experiments combining strawberry jam with burnt toast to culminate in a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.”
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词](以…)结束，告终 If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it. [V in/with n] They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk... 他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。 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。

Culminate Culminated Series Word Latin 英 Kʌlmɪneɪt] 美 Kʌlmɪneɪt