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

• 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。
• They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk
  他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
• 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。
• The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.
  会议在含泪的拥抱时达到定点。
• Their marriage culminated their long friendship.
  他们交友多年，有情人终成眷属。
• These developments culminated in the works of J.Bach and G.Handel.
  这一时期的种种进展在巴赫和亨德尔时达到了顶峰。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。