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

• 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。
• 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。
• And long term relationship culminating in marriage?
  和长远的关系，最终导致婚姻？
• Civil War hero George Armstrong Custer through his life and military exploits, culminating in the controversial battle that took his life along with the200 soldiers he led.
  美国内战英雄人物乔治.阿姆斯壮.卡斯特的生平军事功绩，在那场让他和他带领的200个士兵丢掉性命的受到争议的战役中达到高潮。
• The Elaboration phase consists of a number of iterations culminating in the Lifecycle Architecture Milestone.
  精化阶段包括许多生命周期构架里程碑处的迭代。
• Being at a peak or culminating point.
  处在顶点或者最高点。
• 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。
• Five or five thirty. being at a peak or culminating point.
  五点或五点半都可以。处在顶点或者最高点。
• 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 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。