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

• 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。
• 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。
• These are culmination moves up or down.
  这些高潮向上或向下运行。
• 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。
• What you have before you is in some ways a culmination of my interest.
  在某些方面来说，你所经历过的正是我最最感兴趣的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The training is the culmination of the seven groups of the transforming chakra energies series.
  训练课程是七个蜕变脉轮能量系列工作坊的。
• This essay is the culmination of several weeks worth of research into battery fundamentals, standards and testing.
  这篇文章是经过几个星期的价值研究电池的基础，标准及检定。
• 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。