culmination

英 [ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃn]

n. 顶点; 巅峰; 高潮; 终点

BNC.11208 / COCA.12765

牛津词典

noun

顶点；巅峰；高潮；终点
the highest point or end of sth, usually happening after a long time
1. The reforms marked the successful culmination of a long campaign.
  这些改革标志着一场长期运动的胜利结束。

N-SING 终点;高潮;顶点
Something, especially something important, that isthe culmination ofan activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
1. Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.
  他们的被捕标志着一场另有120人被拘留的行动的结束。

noun

a concluding action
Synonym:completionclosingwindupmop up
the decisive moment in a novel or play
1. the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
Synonym:climax
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
a final climactic stage
1. their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
Synonym:apogee

The culmination of the work on singularities is two famous transformation theorems.
奇点研究的顶峰是两个著名的变换定理。
The iPad is the culmination of an approach that he has seemingly been perfecting for his entire career.
乔布斯在他的整个职业生涯中似乎一直在完善他的经营策略，而ipad正是这一策略的顶峰。
This essay is the culmination of several weeks worth of research into battery fundamentals, standards and testing.
这篇文章是经过几个星期的价值研究电池的基础，标准及检定。
The training is the culmination of the seven groups of the transforming chakra energies series.
训练课程是七个蜕变脉轮能量系列工作坊的。
What you have before you is in some ways a culmination of my interest.
在某些方面来说，你所经历过的正是我最最感兴趣的。
It would be the culmination of my work in golf course design to do something of this stature.
这将是我在高尔夫球场设计工作的成果做如此规模的东西。
These are culmination moves up or down.
这些高潮向上或向下运行。
This is both a culmination, and a beginning.
这一对话既是一个结果又是一个开端。
It's the culmination of his life and research.
它的最终结果他的生活和研究。
The summit meeting is the culmination of intense preparation by officials below the rank of head of state.
峰会召开之前，国家元首以下各个级别的官员进行了紧锣密鼓的筹备工作。