| 单词 | culmination |
| 释义 | culmination (once / 3582 pages) 1n 2n The culmination is the end point or final stage of something you've been working toward or something that's been building up. The culmination of your high school career, for example, should be graduation day — and probably not prom night. A culmination isn't just the conclusion. It's the climax of the story, the final crowning achievement, the end result of years of research. “Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter,” said Charles Lindbergh, the first solo pilot to fly nonstop across the Atlantic — a feat that was surely the culmination of his aviation career. WORD FAMILYculmination: culminations+/culminate: culminated, culminates, culminating, culmination USAGE EXAMPLESA few days after the game, Harriott said that the victory was the “culmination of an extraordinary season.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Soccer clarified that Solo was suspended following a culmination of actions, and separately her contract was also terminated with the team. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) It was supposed to be the culmination of an expansive prosecution of corruption and misconduct in the Los Angeles County jail system. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1n a concluding action Syn|Hypo|Hyper closing, completion, mop up, windup consummation the act of bringing to completion or fruition consummationthe completion of marriage by sexual intercourse finish, finishingthe act of finishing finalisation, finalizationthe act of finalizing follow-throughcarrying some project or intention to full completion follow-throughthe act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion graduationthe successful completion of a program of study fruition, realisation, realizationsomething that is made real or concrete fulfillment, fulfilmentthe act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) close, closing curtain, finale, finisthe concluding part of any performance conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something 2n a final climactic stage their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development Syn|Hyper apogee phase, stage any distinct time period in a sequence of events 3n the decisive moment in a novel or play 2Syn|Hyper climax instant, minute, moment, second a particular point in time n (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon Hyper celestial point a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) |
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