单词	consummate
释义	consummate1 adjectiveconsummate2 verb consummatecon‧sum‧mate1 /kənˈsʌmət, ˈkɒnsəmət $ ˈkɑːnsəmət/ adjective [only before noun] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINconsummate1 Origin: 1400-1500 Latin past participle of consummare ‘to sum up, finish’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + summa ‘sum’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Johnson was a consummate team player. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is one of the consummate masterpieces of German opera. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the firm is more than just a money-maker; it is the consummate all-rounder. Dealing with your children's friends who pop round in the evening calls for consummate diplomacy and the setting of time limits. He had done it with consummate aplomb. Her control of the stage is consummate, impossible to ignore and intimidating in the extreme. In the Senate, he has been a bit more tactful but is still a consummate partisan. Le Pen, a consummate political campaigner, cannily combined the two issues. Rick Williams is the consummate weekend warrior. Television, in this sense, is the consummate egalitarian medium of communication, surpassing oral language itself. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► with consummate ease  He won the race with consummate ease (=very easily). ► with consummate skill  De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► with consummate ease formal (=in a way that shows great skill and so makes something difficult look very easy)· It was a beautiful goal, scored with consummate ease. ► consummate a marriage formal (=make your marriage complete by having sex)· She claimed that he abused her and never consummated the marriage. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► ease · They led a well-orchestrated attack and found their target with consummate ease.· Illustrations produced by any package can be transferred with consummate ease to another.· The mind does extraordinary things exaggerating or minimising with consummate ease.· Levinson demonstrates consummate ease with this material. ► skill · De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill.· With single-minded purpose and consummate skill, Morel set about organizing a movement.· This was done with consummate skill and professionalism.· It was a gap he was to fill with consummate skill. 1showing a lot of skill:  a great performance from a consummate actor He won the race with consummate ease (=very easily). De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill.2used to emphasize how bad someone or something is:  his consummate lack of tact The man’s a consummate liar.—consummately adverb consummate1 adjectiveconsummate2 verb consummatecon‧sum‧mate2 /ˈkɒnsəmeɪt $ ˈkɑːn-/ verb [transitive] formal Verb Table VERB TABLE consummate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they consummate he, she, it consummates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they consummated Present perfect I, you, we, they have consummated he, she, it has consummated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had consummated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will consummate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have consummated Continuous Form Present I am consummating he, she, it is consummating you, we, they are consummating Past I, he, she, it was consummating you, we, they were consummating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been consummating he, she, it has been consummating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been consummating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be consummating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been consummating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A trustee was appointed to consummate the sale. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Between the New Delhi and Uppsala Assemblies no fewer than twenty-two unions were consummated. But they concede that settlement agreements over penalties can take months longer to consummate. He also realized that it would be chaste, that he would never physically consummate this love and that was fine. That which I have written is consummated concerning the operation of the sun. The latter part of the wide-ranging agreement has not yet been consummated. The symbols of the body and blood would certainly not have been consumed until the thanksgiving prayer had been adequately consummated. Thus the first deposition of a king since the Conquest was consummated. When the deal was consummated, Smith was given the assignment he coveted-to be in charge of finding new sources of pelts. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► with consummate ease formal (=in a way that shows great skill and so makes something difficult look very easy)· It was a beautiful goal, scored with consummate ease. ► consummate a marriage formal (=make your marriage complete by having sex)· She claimed that he abused her and never consummated the marriage. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► marriage · On refusing to consummate the marriage she was brought before the prior of Huntingdon.· We didn't consummate the marriage for two weeks and only then because she was pressurised into it. 1to make a marriage or relationship complete by having sex2to make something complete, especially an agreement
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