culmination

英 [ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃn]

n.  顶点; 巅峰; 高潮; 终点

复数：culminations　

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BNC.11208 / COCA.12765

牛津词典

noun

• 顶点；巅峰；高潮；终点
  the highest point or end of sth, usually happening after a long time
  1. The reforms marked the successful culmination of a long campaign.
     这些改革标志着一场长期运动的胜利结束。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 终点;高潮;顶点
  Something, especially something important, that isthe culmination ofan activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
  1. Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.
     他们的被捕标志着一场另有120人被拘留的行动的结束。

英英释义

noun

• a concluding action
  Synonym:completionclosingwindupmop up
• the decisive moment in a novel or play
  1. the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
  Synonym:climax
• (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
• a final climactic stage
  1. their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
  Synonym:apogee

双语例句

• It is the culmination of a decidedly strange year for America.
  这对美国人来说，可谓是极不安稳的一年的顶峰了。
• The summit meeting is the culmination of intense preparation by officials below the rank of head of state.
  峰会召开之前，国家元首以下各个级别的官员进行了紧锣密鼓的筹备工作。
• It would be the culmination of my work in golf course design to do something of this stature.
  这将是我在高尔夫球场设计工作的成果做如此规模的东西。
• He reached the culmination of his career after twenty year of hard work.
  他在努力工作二十年之后达到了事业的顶点。
• This was the culmination of a week of barely controlled excitement after six years of preparation.
  经过6年的筹备，过去一周人们的兴奋情绪难以抑制，在今天达到了顶点。
• It's the culmination of his life and research.
  它的最终结果他的生活和研究。
• The iPad is the culmination of an approach that he has seemingly been perfecting for his entire career.
  乔布斯在他的整个职业生涯中似乎一直在完善他的经营策略，而ipad正是这一策略的顶峰。
• A decision will be taken at the culmination of the initial research.
  在初始阶段研究结束时将作出决议。
• You've just won an Olympic gold medal, the culmination of a lifetime of training and sacrifice.
  你刚赢得了一枚奥运金牌，长久以来的训练与牺牲都是为了成就这巅峰的一刻。
• Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.
  他们的被捕标志着一场另有120人被拘留的行动的结束。