英 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪt] 美 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪt]
v. （以……）结束，告终；到达顶点，达到高潮；<旧>（天体）达于中天，到子午线
第三人称单数culminates
现在分词culminating
过去式culminated
过去分词culminated
culminate /ˈkʌlmɪˌneɪt/ CET6 TEM8 [ culminating culminated culminates ]
不及物动词 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. 以…告终; 结果成为
They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk.
他们发生了争论，结果导致汤姆喝醉了酒。
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
同义词： climax
bring to a head or to the highest point
Seurat culminated pointillism
reach the highest or most decisive point
reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
rise to, or form, a summit
The helmet culminated in a crest
(天体)达到中天，到子午线；升至最高点
达到顶点
... ashram：阿什拉姆，印度高僧静修处 culminate：达到顶点 confidante：红粉知己，一个可以对其倾吐秘密或私事的女友 ...
... merely 仅仅 culminate in 到达顶峰 tapestry 织锦 ...
... rous 碳质页岩的 culminate 到绝顶 culminating 到绝顶的 ...
... counterpart对应物 culminate达到极值点 cumulative compound积复励 ...
culmination 顶点；高潮
到绝顶；达到高潮；达到顶点
使结束；使达到高潮
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。
The American singer Diana Ross, the main performer at the introductory ceremonies, led an elaborate song-and-dance number that was to culminate in a triumphant shot.
美国歌星戴安娜.罗斯（注：老友记里有一集钱德勒调侃莫妮卡头发的桥段就是说她）是开幕式的主要演出嘉宾，在一段精心编排的歌舞之后，以一记惊天射门引爆全场。
The full version will provide a detailed comparison of the five options presented in the summary report – including one plan that would culminate in a trip to Mars orbit.
报告的完整版本将提供对摘要报告里的五个方案的详细比较——其中包括一项以在最终完成火星轨道飞行为目标的计划。
The first five books that deal with and culminate in the best city, Kallipolis Plato's ideal city, what he calls Kallipolis, the just city, the beautiful city, ruled by philosopher-kings.
前五部讲述,书中高潮的所在，柏拉图的理想城市，他称之为，正义之城，美丽之城，由哲学家国王所统治；
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Well partly this is just for fun-- this is what computer people sometimes do, intentionally or unintentionally but as also will see a really nice way to culminate the semester and frankly carve out a 10 hour block where you can bite off your final project's implementation surrounded by friends and the course's staff.
一部分只是因为好玩-,这是懂电脑的人有时会这么做，不管有没有意义,还有一部分原因是因为,以这种方式达到学期的高潮,并在朋友和这门课程教师的关注下,抽出10小时的时间完成最终的项目安装,是一件多么美妙的事啊。
计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
The next great set-top standby debate is brewing and will culminate in February 2009.
The relay will culminate in a 40-day tour of Scotland in the summer of 2014.
That decision would culminate in three Olympic medals two gold and one bronze in the 400-meter hurdles.
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