culminate是什么意思
2023-11-26 14:00:16
culminate
vi. 达到顶点;达到高潮;告终
vt. 使达高潮;使结束
名词:culmination 过去式:culminated 过去分词:culminated 现在分词:culminating 第三人称单数:culminates
近义词:end,terminate,crown,climax,top,conclude,finish,close,cap,
双解释义
v.(动词)
- vt. & vi. 达到极点 reach the highest point, degree, or development (in)
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"
例句
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。
- 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。
用作及物动词(vt.)
- 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。
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”。
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