柯林斯詞典culminate /?k?lm??ne?t/ (culminating,culminated,culminates) 1. V-I If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it. 以…告終; 結(jié)果成為 They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk. 他們發(fā)生了爭論，結(jié)果導(dǎo)致湯姆喝醉了酒。 返回 culminate劍橋詞典?culminate in/with sth If an event or series of events culminates in something, it ends with it, having developed until it reaches this point . 以…告終；達(dá)到…的頂點(diǎn) My arguments with the boss got worse and worse , and finally culminated in my resignation . 我和老板的爭吵日益惡化，直到最終我決定換工作。 Their many years of research have finally culminated in a cure for the disease . 經(jīng)過多年研究，他們終于開發(fā)出一種能治愈該病的藥物。 返回 culminate