culminate
英 ['kʌlmɪneɪt]
美 ['kʌlmɪnet]
- vi. 到绝顶；达到高潮；达到顶点
- vt. 使结束；使达到高潮
助记提示
1. excel / excellent => cell- / -cel "rise, be high, rise high" (Latin cellere (pp. celsus) "rise, be high"), cognate with Latin collis "hill", English hill, column, culminate.
2. => hill, cul- "hill, top, peak, summit", col- "pillar, column, projecting object".
3. => cul- + -men- / -min- "passive suffix" => culmen / culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit".
4. Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit".
5. => col- + -umn (-omen-在此单词中的变体) (与单词 alumnus 类同，进行对照理解和记忆) => column "pillar, column, projecting object".
6. culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit" + -ate => culminate.
双语例句
- 1. Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
- 贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件，这些事件最终将以悲剧收场。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner.
- 百年庆典活动将在宴会中宣告结束。
来自辞典例句
- 4. They all culminate in these four sections.
- 它们全部可以归于这4方面.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The sixth house, where the full moon culminate, also rules your health.
- 满月终结的第六宫, 掌控着你的健康.
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