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单词 culminate
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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'.
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