culminated

英 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd]

美 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪd]

v.  (以某种结果)告终; (在某一点)结束
culminate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (以…)结束，告终
  If you say that an activity, process, or series of eventsculminates inorwitha particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
  1. They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk...
     他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
  2. The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner on November 20.
     百年庆典活动将在11月20日的宴会中宣告结束。

双语例句

• At last our work culminated in our firm winning the contract.
  我们的努力终于使公司赢得了合约。
• All our efforts culminated in our team winning the race.
  我们的努力最终使我们队赢得了比赛。
• You have gone from corruption to corruption, and now you have culminated in crime.
  你不断地堕落，最后终于发展到犯罪。
• The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.
  上周这一纠纷达到高潮，政府被告上了法庭。
• The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.
  会议在含泪的拥抱时达到定点。
• This led to a war between the two that culminated in a nuclear winter for Earth.
  这导致了这两位之间的战争，而以地球的核子冬天告终。
• A series of financial disasters culminated in the collapse of the country's largest bank.
  一系列金融灾难最终导致该国最大的银行倒闭。
• And anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented holocaust.
  欧洲的反犹太主义最终发展成一场史无前例的浩劫。
• This culminated in the paradox that a totally planned economy requires a black market.
  这就形成一种荒廖滑稽的局面：完全的计划经济都需要黑市。
• A series of border clashes culminated in full-scale war.
  边界冲突导致全面战争。