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

• When he had said it, he took a culminating pinch of Snuff, and put his box in his pocket.
  说完他嗅了最后一撮鼻烟，然后把鼻烟盒塞进了口袋。
• 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。
• 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。
• What, however, can be said is the fact that the culminating point of my experience made me unspeakably happy.
  但我可以说的是，我的体验的最高点使我感到了无法形容的幸福。
• He suffered from manic depression, which gradually got worse, culminating in his suicide when Katherine was46.
  他深为躁狂抑郁症所苦，病情日渐恶化，最后在凯瑟琳46岁时自杀身亡。
• Akio Toyoda, the embattled Toyota chief executive, has admitted that the company lost its way and sense of priorities in its rapid rise to the top, culminating in a massive vehicle recall and a loss of consumer trust.
  陷入困境的丰田（toyota）首席执行官丰田章男（akiotoyoda）承认，该公司在快速崛起至巅峰的过程中，迷失了方向和轻重缓急意识，最终导致大规模的汽车召回事件，并丧失了消费者的信任。
• Until the Libyan revolution culminating in October 2011, Mali was not a fragile state.
  在2011年10月利比亚革命达到高潮之前，马里并不是一个脆弱国家（fragilestate）。
• She then had a very successful dog breeding program culminating in winning Winners Dog at a National.
  后来，她繁殖的犬成功地获得了国家犬展上赢家。
• 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。
• The International Monetary Fund started a debate on the multiplier last year, culminating in a recent paper by Olivier Blanchard and Daniel Leigh, explaining why economic forecasts have been so persistently wrong during the crisis.
  国际货币基金组织（IMF）去年就财政乘数展开了一场辩论，奥利维尔布兰查德（OlivierBlanchard）和丹尼尔利（DanielLeigh）最近一篇解释危机期间经济预测为何总是出错的文章，将这场辩论推向了高潮。