culminate
/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/verb
no obj.
1- reach a climax or point of highest development到达顶点; 达到高潮：
weeks of violence culminated in the brutal murder of a magistrate.
几星期的暴力活动以一名治安官的残忍被杀而达到了高潮。
1.1
- with obj. be the climax or point of highest development of成为…的高潮（或顶点）, 使达到高潮（顶点）：
her book culminated a research project on the symmetry studies of Escher.
她的书将埃歇尔的关于对称研究的科研项目推向了高潮。
1.2
- archaic or Astrology (of a celestial body) reach or be at the meridian〈古〉【占星】（天体）达于中天, 到子午线。
词源
mid 17th cent. (in astronomy and astrology)： from late Latin culminat- 'exalted', from the verb culminare, from culmen 'summit'.