culminated

英 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd]

美 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd]

v.  (以某种结果)告终; (在某一点)结束
culminate的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• His misfortunes culminated in his bankruptcy.
  他的厄运达到了顶点，终于破产。
• Which culminated in his reinterpretation of the pieces in a series of Canadian films.
  并重新诠释系列加拿大影片中的几首乐曲，他红极一时。
• All our efforts culminated in our team winning the race.
  我们的努力最终使我们队赢得了比赛。
• The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.
  上周这一纠纷达到高潮，政府被告上了法庭。
• Nineteenth-century Italian nationalism culminated in garibaldi's triumphant creation of an Italian nation state.
  世纪加里波第胜利地创建了意大利联邦，使意大利民族主义达到丁贞峰。
• We orchestrated an effort to achieve a single industry standard, which culminated in a specification for the UML.
  我们组织完成了一个单一的行业标准，使UML成为了业界的规范。
• The struggle between King and Parliament had culminated in the civil war.
  国王与国会之间的斗争终于酿成内战。
• The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.
  会议在含泪的拥抱时达到定点。
• They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk
  他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
• And it was in her mouth that this culminated.
  而这一切又全都集中到了她的嘴上。