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

• We orchestrated an effort to achieve a single industry standard, which culminated in a specification for the UML.
  我们组织完成了一个单一的行业标准，使UML成为了业界的规范。
• 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。
• Compare Greece today with Argentina in 1998-2001, a crisis that culminated in a disorderly default.
  让我们把今日的希腊与1998年至2001年的阿根廷作一下比较吧，阿根廷的危机就是在无序违约中迎来高潮的。
• 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。
• The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.
  上周这一纠纷达到高潮，政府被告上了法庭。
• At last our work culminated in our firm winning the contract.
  我们的努力终于使公司赢得了合约。
• And it was in her mouth that this culminated.
  而这一切又全都集中到了她的嘴上。
• 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。
• You have gone from corruption to corruption, and now you have culminated in crime.
  你不断地堕落，最后终于发展到犯罪。
• 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。