Culminate



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.终于获得某种结局或结果
• ［英］ v.终于获得某种结局或结果 ( have the specified final conclusion or result)
• ［例］ a long struggle that culminated in success

Webster Collegiate

verb (-nated; -nating)

• Etymology: Medieval Latin culminatus, past participle of culminare, from Late Latin, to crown, from Latin culmin-, culmen top — more at hill
• Date: 1647
• intransitive verb
  • 1. of a celestial body to reach its highest altitude; also to be directly overhead
  • 2.
    • a. to rise to or form a summit
    • b. to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point
• transitive verb
  • to bring to a head or to the highest point

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