culmination

英 [ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃn]

n. 顶点; 巅峰; 高潮; 终点

BNC.11208 / COCA.12765

牛津词典

noun

顶点；巅峰；高潮；终点
the highest point or end of sth, usually happening after a long time
1. The reforms marked the successful culmination of a long campaign.
  这些改革标志着一场长期运动的胜利结束。

N-SING 终点;高潮;顶点
Something, especially something important, that isthe culmination ofan activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
1. Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.
  他们的被捕标志着一场另有120人被拘留的行动的结束。

noun

a concluding action
Synonym:completionclosingwindupmop up
the decisive moment in a novel or play
1. the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
Synonym:climax
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
a final climactic stage
1. their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
Synonym:apogee

It is the culmination of a decidedly strange year for America.
这对美国人来说，可谓是极不安稳的一年的顶峰了。
This is the moment you deserve to enjoy, the culmination of your hard work and dedication.
这是瞬间你应受到享受乐趣，你的硬的工作的顶点和贡献。
The iPad is the culmination of an approach that he has seemingly been perfecting for his entire career.
乔布斯在他的整个职业生涯中似乎一直在完善他的经营策略，而ipad正是这一策略的顶峰。
The culmination of the work on singularities is two famous transformation theorems.
奇点研究的顶峰是两个著名的变换定理。
These are culmination moves up or down.
这些高潮向上或向下运行。
The training is the culmination of the seven groups of the transforming chakra energies series.
训练课程是七个蜕变脉轮能量系列工作坊的。
He reached the culmination of his career after twenty year of hard work.
他在努力工作二十年之后达到了事业的顶点。
The culmination of the doctor's life's work was his discovery of a cure of cancer.
这个医生一生最大的成就是发现了治疗癌症的方法。
This essay is the culmination of several weeks worth of research into battery fundamentals, standards and testing.
这篇文章是经过几个星期的价值研究电池的基础，标准及检定。
This is both a culmination, and a beginning.
这一对话既是一个结果又是一个开端。