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。
• The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.
  经过长长一个星期的准备，典礼终于开始了。
• This work culminated in several lengthy sessions of an Intergovernmental Working Group chaired by Ambassador Mary Whelan of Ireland.
  此项工作经过爱尔兰MaryWhelan大使主持的政府间工作小组几次相当长的会议终于完成。
• A romance extending over several years was culminated.
  一场数年之久的恋爱就此终结。
• And anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented holocaust.
  欧洲的反犹太主义最终发展成一场史无前例的浩劫。
• They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk
  他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
• Their efforts culminated in a march on Washington, D.C., in1963 to support civil rights legislation.
  1963年民权人士行军到首都华盛顿特区以支持民权立法，运动达到高潮。
• 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 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。
• Smith's suicide was the first event in a chain that culminated in exposure of several enormous scandals.
  史密斯的自杀，是一连串事件的第一件。这一连串事件的高潮，是揭发出好几起重大丑闻。