cul·mi·nate
verb/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/
/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they culminate | /ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/ /ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it culminates | /ˈkʌlmɪneɪts/ /ˈkʌlmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple culminated | /ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle culminated | /ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form culminating | /ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- culminate (in/with something) to end with a particular result, or at a particular point
（以某种结果）告终；（在某一点）结束 - a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers
一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战 - Months of hard work culminated in success.
几个月的艰辛工作终于取得了成功。 - Their summer tour will culminate at a spectacular concert in London.
在伦敦举行的一场精彩的音乐会将为他们的夏季巡回演出画上句号。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCulminate is used with these nouns as the subject:- process
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in astronomy and astrology): from late Latin culminat- ‘exalted’, from the verb culminare, from culmen ‘summit’. - a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers