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

• 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。
• 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。
• His misfortunes culminated in his bankruptcy.
  他的厄运达到了顶点，终于破产。
• The Bretton Woods conference culminated in July 1944, while the second world war was far from over.
  布雷顿森林会议是在1944年7月召开的，当时第二次世界大战还远未结束。
• A romance extending over several years was culminated.
  一场数年之久的恋爱就此终结。
• Nineteenth-century Italian nationalism culminated in garibaldi's triumphant creation of an Italian nation state.
  世纪加里波第胜利地创建了意大利联邦，使意大利民族主义达到丁贞峰。
• 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。
• All our efforts culminated in our team winning the race.
  我们的努力最终使我们队赢得了比赛。
• 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。
• A series of border clashes culminated in full-scale war.
  边界冲突导致全面战争。