| 单词 | consummate |
| 释义 | consummateWord family adverbconsummatelynounconsummationconsummatoradjectiveconsummativeconsummatoryverbconsummate con·sum·mate1 /kənˈsʌmət, ˈkɒnsəmət $ ˈkɑːnsəmət/ adjectiveadj [only before noun] formal 1 GOOD ATshowing a lot of skill 技艺高超的 a great performance from a consummate actor 一名演技出色的演员的精彩表演 He won the race with consummate ease (=very easily). 他很轻松地赢得了这场比赛。 De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill. 戴高乐以高明的手段实施他的策略。 2 VERYused to emphasize how bad someone or something is 极其（差）的 his consummate lack of tact 他毫无策略的行为方式 The man’s a consummate liar. 这个人是说谎高手。 —consummately adverbadv Examples from the Corpus consummate• But the firm is more than just a money-maker; it is the consummate all-rounder.• He had done it with consummate aplomb.• Dealing with your children's friends who pop round in the evening calls for consummate diplomacy and the setting of time limits.• Television, in this sense, is the consummate egalitarian medium of communication, surpassing oral language itself.• Her control of the stage is consummate, impossible to ignore and intimidating in the extreme.• Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is one of the consummate masterpieces of German opera.• In the Senate, he has been a bit more tactful but is still a consummate partisan.• Le Pen, a consummate political campaigner, cannily combined the two issues.• Johnson was a consummate team player.• Rick Williams is the consummate weekend warrior. with consummate skill• De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill.• It was a gap he was to fill with consummate skill.• This was done with consummate skill and professionalism. con·sum·mate2 /ˈkɒnsəmeɪt $ ˈkɑːn-/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1. SEX/HAVE SEX WITHto make a marriage or relationship complete by having sex 〔经同房〕使〔婚姻或关系〕圆满；圆房 2. COMPLETEto make something complete, especially an agreement 完成〔尤指交易合同〕 Examples from the Corpus consummate• Between the New Delhi and Uppsala Assemblies no fewer than twenty-two unions were consummated.• But they concede that settlement agreements over penalties can take months longer to consummate.• The latter part of the wide-ranging agreement has not yet been consummated.• The symbols of the body and blood would certainly not have been consumed until the thanksgiving prayer had been adequately consummated.• Thus the first deposition of a king since the Conquest was consummated.• That which I have written is consummated concerning the operation of the sun.• When the deal was consummated, Smith was given the assignment he coveted-to be in charge of finding new sources of pelts.• A trustee was appointed to consummate the sale.• He also realized that it would be chaste, that he would never physically consummate this love and that was fine. (1400-1500) Latin past participle of consummare “to sum up, finish”, from com- ( → COM-) + summa “sum” |
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