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

• They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk
  他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
• The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.
  会议在含泪的拥抱时达到定点。
• This led to a war between the two that culminated in a nuclear winter for Earth.
  这导致了这两位之间的战争，而以地球的核子冬天告终。
• 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。
• 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。
• This culminated in the paradox that a totally planned economy requires a black market.
  这就形成一种荒廖滑稽的局面：完全的计划经济都需要黑市。
• This work culminated in several lengthy sessions of an Intergovernmental Working Group chaired by Ambassador Mary Whelan of Ireland.
  此项工作经过爱尔兰MaryWhelan大使主持的政府间工作小组几次相当长的会议终于完成。
• A series of border clashes culminated in full-scale war.
  边界冲突导致全面战争。
• 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。