culminate
英 ['k?lm?ne?t]
美 ['k?lm?net]
- vi. 到絕頂；達(dá)到高潮；達(dá)到頂點(diǎn)
- vt. 使結(jié)束；使達(dá)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(jìn)行對(duì)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(jié)來自拉丁語culmen,頂點(diǎn)，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(fā)了隨后的一系列事件，這些事件最終將以悲劇收?qǐng)觥?/dd>
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(dòng)將在11月20日的宴會(huì)中宣告結(jié)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(dòng)將在宴會(huì)中宣告結(jié)束。
來自辭典例句
- 4. They all culminate in these four sections.
- 它們?nèi)靠梢詺w于這4方面.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The sixth house, where the full moon culminate, also rules your health.
- 滿月終結(jié)的第六宮, 掌控著你的健康.
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