culminating

英 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ]

v.  (以某种结果)告终; (在某一点)结束
culminate的现在分词

现在分词：culminating　

BNC.35077

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

• Wellington held the village and the culminating plain; Ney had only the crest and the slope.
  威灵顿有那村子和那片最高的平地，内伊只得了山脊和山坡。
• Khrushchev was an advocate of peaceful coexistence with the West, but his advocacy of nuclear weapons caused tensions with the US, culminating in1962's Cuban Missile Crisis.
  赫鲁晓夫十分注重和西方的和平共处，但同时却由于对核武器的崇拜于1962年在古巴导弹危机中与美国发生冲突。
• This makes a wave of sovereign and banking crises, culminating in exchange controls and disintegration of the eurozone, all too conceivable.
  完全可以想象的是，欧元区可能出现一波又一波主权债务和银行业危机，最终导致外汇管制和欧元区的解体。
• It was this culminating point that Jean Valjean had reached.
  冉阿让就是到了这个分水岭的最高峰。
• The milestone is being celebrated with events over three days, culminating Saturday with the inaugural address of the Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture.
  具有里程碑意义的是为期三天的活动，庆祝高潮德斯蒙德图图国际和平讲座就职演说星期六。
• Trends culminating in the mix of investors are seen as evolutionary, a one-way street.
  人们将各种投资者之间发展到极致的趋势视为进化，是一条单行线。
• Google's history in China is a rocky one, culminating in the company's decision to shut down its China operations last year.
  谷歌的中国业务可谓命运多舛，这段坎坷的历程在去年最终公司决定关闭其中国业务是达到了顶点。
• This dungeon reveals the culminating story events and battles of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack.
  这个副本会揭示巫妖王之怒的故事和战斗的最高潮。
• The Inception phase consists of a number of iterations culminating in the Lifecycle Objectives Milestone.
  先启阶段包括了达到生命周期目标里程碑的许多迭代。
• During World War II, Japanese forces invaded Malaya and the surrounding region in the Battle of Malaya, culminating in the Battle of Singapore.
  在第二次世界大战期间，日本在马来亚的战争中用武力侵犯了马来半岛和周围的地区，这一战争在新加坡战役达到顶点。