culminate

英 ['kʌlmɪneɪt] 美 ['kʌlmɪneɪt]

vi.达到顶点；达到高潮；告终 vt.使达高潮；使结束

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◉Usage Examples

(1) Her career culminated in her appointment as director.

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

(3) Their marriage culminated their long friendship.

(4) A reading from Shakespeare culminates the performance.

(1) 她一生事业的顶峰是当上董事。

(2) 人人都担心，这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争告终。

(3) 他俩交友有年,最后终成眷属。

(4) 朗诵莎士比亚的一篇作品做为演出的结束。

◉Usage notes

The verb culminate is used to describe a high point or a climactic stage in a process. For example, the goal of a Major League baseball team is to have their season culminate in a World Series victory.

The word culminate derives from the Latin word culminatus, the past participle of culminare, which means "to top, to crown." Don’t be afraid of the Latin: it’s on your side. Knowing the Latin origin can help you remember the meaning of culminate. Use culminate when you are referring to a crowning moment or a final conclusion: “I want my experiments combining strawberry jam with burnt toast to culminate in a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.”

◉Collins

1. [VERB 动词](以…)结束，告终 If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it. [V in/with n]

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。