| 单词 | consummate |
| 释义 | consummate —consummately, adv. —consummative, consummatory /keuhn sum"euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. —consummator, n. v. /kon"seuh mayt'/; adj. /keuhn sum"it, kon"seuh mit/, v. , consummated, consummating, adj. v.t. 1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill. 2. to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm. 3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse. adj. 4. complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin. 5. being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery. [1400-50; late ME (adj.) < L consummatus (ptp. of consummare to complete, bring to perfection), equiv. to con- CON- + summ(a) SUM + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1. complete, perfect, finish, accomplish, achieve. Ant. 4. imperfect, unfinished. |
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