culminating

英 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ]

v.  (以某种结果)告终; (在某一点)结束
culminate的现在分词

现在分词：culminating　

BNC.35077

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

• Wellington held the village and the culminating plain; Ney had only the crest and the slope.
  威灵顿有那村子和那片最高的平地，内伊只得了山脊和山坡。
• Khrushchev was an advocate of peaceful coexistence with the West, but his advocacy of nuclear weapons caused tensions with the US, culminating in1962's Cuban Missile Crisis.
  赫鲁晓夫十分注重和西方的和平共处，但同时却由于对核武器的崇拜于1962年在古巴导弹危机中与美国发生冲突。
• When he had said it, he took a culminating pinch of Snuff, and put his box in his pocket.
  说完他嗅了最后一撮鼻烟，然后把鼻烟盒塞进了口袋。
• Civil War hero George Armstrong Custer through his life and military exploits, culminating in the controversial battle that took his life along with the200 soldiers he led.
  美国内战英雄人物乔治.阿姆斯壮.卡斯特的生平军事功绩，在那场让他和他带领的200个士兵丢掉性命的受到争议的战役中达到高潮。
• The Elaboration phase consists of a number of iterations culminating in the Lifecycle Architecture Milestone.
  精化阶段包括许多生命周期构架里程碑处的迭代。
• Trends culminating in the mix of investors are seen as evolutionary, a one-way street.
  人们将各种投资者之间发展到极致的趋势视为进化，是一条单行线。
• The course is organized into four units, each culminating in a writing assignment.
  本课程分成四个单元，每单元末以一个写作作业为结尾。
• Thanking you and hoping for a favorable reply culminating to long business association.
  感谢您，并希望商业协会长一个有利的最终答复。
• He points to a long series of market booms culminating in a bubble in Japan the global power of the post war era.
  他指出，作为战后年代的全球性大国，日本出现了一长串的市场繁荣，最后以泡沫而告终。
• Five or five thirty. being at a peak or culminating point.
  五点或五点半都可以。处在顶点或者最高点。