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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• Therefore, strong brand resonance is the culmination of corporate brand building and the foundation of brand asset.
  让消费者形成强烈的品牌共鸣是企业品牌建设的目标和品牌资产形成的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。