culminate的读法

1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;

   "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
   

2. bring to a head or to the highest point;

   "Seurat culminated pointillism"
   

3. reach the highest or most decisive point
4. reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
5. rise to, or form, a summit;

   "The helmet culminated in a crest"
   

1.(以…)结束，告终
If you say that an activity, process, or series of eventsculminates in orwith a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.

e.g. They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk...
他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
e.g. The celebration of the centenary willculminate 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。

1. Their marriage culminated their long friendship.
   他们交友多年,有情人终成眷属。
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2. A romance extending over several years was culminated.
   一场数年之久的恋爱就此终结。

• culminate in达到顶点

1. 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。
2. 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”。