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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And long term relationship culminating in marriage?
  和长远的关系，最终导致婚姻？
• 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 culminating point of the performance was the break dance in the end.
  临结束时的霹雳舞将表演推向了高潮。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Being at a peak or culminating point.
  处在顶点或者最高点。