culminate
英 ['kʌlmɪneɪt]
美 ['kʌlmɪnet]
- vi. 到絕頂；達到高潮；達到頂點
- vt. 使結束；使達到高潮
助記提示
1. excel / excellent => cell- / -cel "rise, be high, rise high" (Latin cellere (pp. celsus) "rise, be high"), cognate with Latin collis "hill", English hill, column, culminate.
2. => hill, cul- "hill, top, peak, summit", col- "pillar, column, projecting object".
3. => cul- + -men- / -min- "passive suffix" => culmen / culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit".
4. Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit".
5. => col- + -umn (-omen-在此單詞中的變體) (與單詞 alumnus 類同，進行對照理解和記憶) => column "pillar, column, projecting object".
6. culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit" + -ate => culminate.
中文詞源
culminate 終結來自拉丁語culmen,頂點，詞源同hill,column.
英文詞源
- culminate (v.)
- 1640s, from Late Latin culminatus past participle of culminare "to top, to crown," from Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit, roof, gable," also used figuratively, contraction of columen (see column). Related: Culminated; culminating.
雙語例句
- 1. Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
- 賈爾斯觸發了隨後的一係列事件，這些事件最終將以悲劇收場。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner on November 20.
- 百年慶典活動將在11月20日的宴會中宣告結束。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner.
- 百年慶典活動將在宴會中宣告結束。
來自辭典例句
- 4. They all culminate in these four sections.
- 它們全部可以歸於這4方麵.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The sixth house, where the full moon culminate, also rules your health.
- 滿月終結的第六宮, 掌控著你的健康.
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