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 program can culminate in either an MBA or an MA degree.
这个程序可以在任何最终的MBA学位或硕士学位。
Ministers from the world's biggest emitters are meeting today in London in the final stages of talks that will culminate in Copenhagen in December.
一些全球最大碳排放国的部长将于今日在伦敦会晤，进行最后阶段的商谈，最终会谈将在12月份召开的哥本哈根气候变化峰会上进行。
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。
Her 10-year love affair is about to culminate in a wedding.
她长达十年的爱情长跑终于要在婚礼中走向高潮了。
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。
Industry should embrace stronger environmental controls, a leading chemicals manufacturer has urged, as ministers from the world's biggest polluting countries meet in London for the final stages of climate change talks that will culminate in Copenhagen in December.
工业界应采取更严格的环境控制标准，一家领先的化学品制造商呼吁说。目前全球各大污染排放国家的部长们正在伦敦开会，在12月份哥本哈根气候变化峰会之前进行最后阶段的谈判。
This could culminate in defensive US military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a deepening quagmire eventually encompassing Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
这一切可能会在美国对伊朗的防御性军事行动中达到高潮，使单打独斗的美国陷入一个越来越深的沼泽，最终被伊拉克、伊朗、阿富汗和巴基斯坦所包围。
These features and this combination culminate in significantly reduced Packaging, Storage and Handling costs.
这些特性和这种组合最终导致大幅减少包装，储存和装卸费用。
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 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。