culminate意思

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culminate的意思是：vi.达到顶点；达到高潮；告终；vt.使达高潮；使结束。culminate的例句是用作不及物动词(vi.)Her career culminated in her appointment as director.她一生事业的顶峰是当上董事。culminate的读音是英['k?lm?ne?t]；美['k?lm?ne?t]。

一、双解释义点此查看culminate的详细内容

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 达到极点 reach the highest point, degree, or development (in)

二、英英释义

Verb:

end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;
"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
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"

三、例句

Her career culminated in her appointment as director.

她一生事业的顶峰是当上董事。

The Christmas party culminated in the distribution of presents.

圣诞晚会在分发礼物时达到最高潮。

Everyone feared that the boundary dispute between these two countries would culminate in a war.

人人都担心，这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争告终。

Their marriage culminated their long friendship.

他俩交友有年,最后终成眷属。

A reading from Shakespeare culminates the performance.

朗诵莎士比亚的一篇作品做为演出的结束。

四、常见句型

用作动词(v.)

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Their marriage culminated their long friendship.
他们交友多年,有情人终成眷属。

A romance extending over several years was culminated.
一场数年之久的恋爱就此终结。

五、经典引文

Almost every hill culminates in a tower.
出自：O. Sitwell

六、词语用法

v.(动词)

culminate的基本意思是“达到极点”,指人在事业、友情、努力等方面达到了顶峰,也可用于指冲突全面展开或是达到某物的最高点等。
culminate既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词,用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,常用于被动结构。用作不及物动词时,常与介词in连用,表示“以…告终”。

culminate的相关近义词

end、terminate、crown、climax、top、conclude、finish、close、cap

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