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

• 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。
• 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。
• The culmination of the doctor's life's work was his discovery of a cure of cancer.
  这个医生一生最大的成就是发现了治疗癌症的方法。
• The culmination of the work on singularities is two famous transformation theorems.
  奇点研究的顶峰是两个著名的变换定理。
• 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。
• As such, it signals the culmination of a super-boom that has lasted more than 60 years.
  同样，它也预示着一轮持续了60多年的超级繁荣顶峰时期的到来。
• The current interest in Web2.0 has arisen because of a culmination of economic and technology trends.
  当前对Web2.0的关注上升与经济繁荣和技术趋势密切相关。
• Now is the culmination of my message of peace.
  现在是我那和平的讯息终于取得成果之时。
• The Moon grows fuller this week and brings a culmination of experiences from the New Moon.
  本周月亮变得更充实，并且带来来自于新月的高潮体验。
• 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。