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单词 consummation
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consummationcon‧sum‧ma‧tion /ˌkɒnsəˈmeɪʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [singular, uncountable] formal Examples
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  • As months, then years, then centuries passed, however, the final consummation never seemed to come.
  • As the crowd waited outside, the macabre ritual in the prison itself approached its consummation.
  • For if consummation was the obverse side of the coin at Niagara, death or the prospect of death was the reverse.
  • The consummation is one of which he may well be proud.
  • The funding of this financing is subject to certain conditions, including the consummation of the Equity Tender Offer.
  • There are uncertainties about adequate scale and revenue, and the consummation of ever-larger mergers.
  • This is the father of all perfection, or consummation of the whole world.
  • Ultimately the sexing of Pride and Prejudice, though, was all trussed-up foreplay with no consummation.
1when people make a marriage or relationship complete by having sex2the point at which something is complete or perfect SYN  realization:  the consummation of his ambitions
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